STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Thesis Defense Congratulations to Julbert Caneus!

Comprehensive Exam Congratulations to Noah Goodson!

Ethan Guthman has been selected to attend this summer's Neural Systems & Behavior course at Woods Hole!

Congratulations to Noah Goodson for his publications!

Prdm13 is required for Ebf3+ amacrine cell formation in the retina.(Dev Biol)

5HTR3A-driven GFP labels immature olfactory sensory neurons.(J Comp Neurol)

Congratulations to Zoe Owrutsky for her publication!

Divergent effects of acute and repeated quetiapine treatment on dopamine neuron activity in normal vs. chronic mild stress induced hypodopaminergic states.(Transl Psychiatry)

Comprehensive Exam Congratulations to Alex Hughes!

Awards Congratulations to Jacki Essie, NRSA F31 grant recipient.
Congratulations to Daily Nettles for best poster at Neuroscience Graduate Program Annual Retreat 2017.

Congratulations to Allison Hixon for her publication!

Enterovirus D68 and acute flaccid myelitis-evaluating the evidence for causality.(Lancet Infect Dis)

Congratulations to Courtney Wilson for her publication!

Type III Cells in Anterior Taste Fields Are More Immunohistochemically Diverse Than Those of Posterior Taste Fields in Mice.(Chem Senses)

Thesis Defense Congratulations to Dayton Goodell and Eamon Quick!

Comprehensive Exam Congratulations to Shelly Jones

Congratulations to Matt Becker and Dylan Verden for their NRSA F31 grant awards!

Hirs Travel Award congratulations to Jacki Essig!

Congratulations to Georgia Buscaglia for her publication!
The α-Tubulin gene TUBA1A in Brain Development: A Key Ingredient in the Neuronal Isotype Blend.(J Dev Biol)

Congratulations to Eamon Quick for his publication!
Minocycline Has Anti-inflammatory Effects and Reduces Cytotoxicity in an Ex Vivo Spinal Cord Slice Culture Model of West Nile Virus Infection.(J Virol)

Congratulations! Justin Losacco received an NRSA.

Congratulations to Dylan Verden for his publication and reviews!

Intranasal deferoxamine affects memory loss, oxidation, and the insulin pathway in the streptozotocin rat model of Alzheimer's disease.(J Neurol Sci)

Cytoskeletal Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination.(J Neurosci)Neuroprotection by central nervous system remyelination: Molecular, cellular, and functional considerations.(J Neurosci Res)

Jacki Essig was awarded the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Trainee Professional Development Award, 2017.

Congratulations to Alison Hixon for her first author publication!
Evaluating Treatment Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Enterovirus D68-Associated Paralytic Myelitis.(J Infect Dis)

Christy Beitzel was awarded the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Trainee Professional Development Award, 2017. And was selected to give a talk at the Gordon Research Seminar: Cerebellum. And won best graduate student poster presentation for the Gordon Research Seminar: Cerebellum.

Congratulations to Christy Beitzel for her publication!
Rubrocerebellar Feedback Loop Isolates the Interposed Nucleus as an Independent Processor of Corollary Discharge Information in Mice.(J Neurosci)

Anand Tekriwal was selected for and presented a 20 minute talk on 'The Future of Deep Brain Stimulation' at the National MD/PhD Conference in Keystone, CO July 2017.

Congratulations to Anand Tekriwal for his publication!
Sleep patterns in Parkinson's disease: direct recordings from the subthalamic nucleus.(J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Congratulations to Dailey Nettles for her publication!
Klotho regulates postnatal neurogenesis and protects against age-related spatial memory loss.(Neurobiol Aging)

Congratulations to Marisa DeGuzman for her publication!
Association of Elevated Reward Prediction Error Response With Weight Gain in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.(Am J Psychiatry)

Marisa DeGuzman was awarded the CCTSI TL1 (T32) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.

Ethan Guthman was recently elected to be the co-chair of hte 2019 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Inhibition in the CNS.​

Congratulations to Dayton Goodell for his publication!
DAPK1 Mediates LTD by Making CaMKII/GluN2B Binding LTP Specific.(Cell Rep)

Congratulations to Kelsey Anbuhl for her publications!
Community network for deaf scientists.(Science)
Early Development of the Human Auditory System(Fetal and Neonatal Physiology)
Unilateral conductive hearing loss causes impaired auditory information processing in neurons in the central auditory system(Auditory Plasticity-Listening with the Brain)

Megan Josey received an honorable mention in the NSF GRFP.

Congratulations to Ethan Guthman for his publication!
Behavioral Status Influences the Dependence of Odorant-Induced Change in Firing on Prestimulus Firing Rate.(J Neurosci)

Thesis Defense Congratulations Jason Smucny

Congratulations to Jennifer Pearson (March) and Mario Lintz (April) for successful thesis defense's. And to Ted Doykos (March) and Justin Losacco (March) for completing their comprehensive exams.

Ethan Guthman and Alex Hughes were both awarded the NSF GRFP Fellowships. Emily Sharpe and Courtney Wilson were both awarded NRSA Fellowships. Congratulations!

Courtney Wilson has also received the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) annual logo award and the FRNG annual meeting best graduate student poster award​

Congratulations to Jaclyn Essig for her publication!
Warning! Dopaminergic Modulation of the Superior Colliculus.(Trends Neurosci)

Congratulations to Ethan Guthman for his publication!
A Cellular Mechanism for Main and Accessory Olfactory Integration at the Medial Amygdala.(J Neurosci)

Congratulations to Andrew Wolf and Mario Lintz for their publication!
An integrative role for the superior colliculus in selecting targets for movements.(J Neurophysiol)

Our recent graduates Joseph Zak, Jared Ahrendsen, Scott Goulding, Ajay Thomas, Vannessa Carmean, Pirooz Parsa, Chelsea Corser-Jensen.

Recent completion of the Comprehensive Exam: Britni Sanchez, Julbert Caneus, Christy Beitzel, Andrew Bubak, Tatiana Eliseeva, Emily Sharpe, Courtney Wilson​​

Mario Lintz and his family on the recent addition to their family!!!
Recent recipients of NRSA Grant Funding: Dayton Goodell, Aaron Bowen

Congratulations to Jason Smucny for his publications!
Neuronal effects of nicotine during auditory selective attention in schizophrenia.(Hum Brain Mapp)
Effects of a ketogenic diet on auditory gating in DBA/2 mice: A proof-of-concept study.(Schizophr Res)
The antiepileptic drug levetiracetam improves auditory gating in DBA/2 mice.(NPJ Schizophr)
Translational utility of rodent hippocampal auditory gating in schizophrenia research: a review and evaluation.(Transl Psychiatry)
Between-network connectivity occurs in brain regions lacking layer IV input.(Neuroimage)

Congratulations to Dayton Goodell for his publications!
Live imaging of endogenous Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in neurons reveals that ischemia-related aggregation does not require kinase activity.(J Neurochem)
CaMKII binding to GluN2B is differentially affected by macromolecular crowding reagents.(PLoS One)
Blocking leukotriene synthesis attenuates the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury and associated cognitive deficits.(Exp Neurol)
Effects of cocaine combined with a social cue on conditioned place preference and nucleus accumbens monoamines after isolation rearing in rats.(Psychopharmacology (Berl))
Brain regional differences in social encounter-induced Fos expression in male and female rats after post-weaning social isolation.(Brain Res)

Congratulations to Jennifer Pearson for her publication!
Reactive oxygen species mediate cognitive deficits in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy.(Neurobiol Dis)