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| Elena W. Adlaf |
Thesis Advisor: Linda Wadiche, PhD-Neurobiology
University of Arizona (BFA, Theatre Production)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Rotations:
1- L Wadiche, 2- van Groen, 3- Y Li
Entered Candidacy:
Honors:
2010-2012: Neuroscience Theme Admissions Committee
Publications:
Enhanced integration of newborn neurons after neonatal insults.Pugh P, Adlaf E, Zhao CS, Markwardt S, Gavin C, Wadiche J, Overstreet-Wadiche L. Front Neurosci 2011 Mar 30; 5:45. PMID 21490706.
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| Christopher Aura |
Thesis Advisor: Paul Gamlin, PhD-Vision Science
Minnesota State Univ-Mankato (BA, Psychology)
NIH Post-Bacc Intramural Research Fellowship (2005-2007)
Entered Theme: Fall 2007
Rotations:
1- Gamlin, 2- Gross, 3- Gawne
Entered Candidacy: Summer 2013
Publications:
Infragranular sources of sustained local field potential responses in macaque primary visual cortex. Maier A, Aura CJ, Leopold DA. J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 9;31(6):1971-80.
Phase-sorting of evoked potentials: pitfalls but potential. Risner M, Aura C, Black J, Gawne T. Neuroimage. 2009 Oct 1;47(4):1830-1.
The Visual Evoked Potential is independent of surface alpha rhythm phase. Risner ML, Aura CJ, Black JE, Gawne TJ. Neuroimage. 2009 Apr 1;45(2):463-9.
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| Jay Bhatt |
Thesis Advisor: Elizabeth Sztul, PhD-Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology
Bombay College of Pharmacy (BS, Pharmacy)
Creighton University (MS, Pharmaceutical Science)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010
Rotations:
1- Benos/Fuller, 2- Visscher, 3- Sztul
Entered Candidacy: Summer 2013
Publications:
Deletion of glutamate delta-1 receptor in mouse leads to aberrant emotional and social behaviors. Yadav R, Gupta SC, Hillman BG, Bhatt JM, Stairs DJ, Dravid SM. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32969. Epub 2012 Mar 7. PMID: 22412961.
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Stephanie Brosius
Thesis Advisor: Steve Carroll, MD, PhD-Neuropathology
MSTP Student
Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013
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| Nick Cochran |
Thesis Advisor: Erik Roberson, MD-Neurobiology
Auburn University (B.Ch.E., Chemical Engineering)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010
Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship recipient
Honors:
2012-2014 Neuroscience Theme Admissions Committee
Rotations:
1- West, 2- West, 3- Roberson
Entered Candidacy: Fall 2011
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Nicole Day
Thesis Advisor: Candace Floyd, PhD-Physical Med & Rehab/Neurobiology
UAB (BS, Biology-Molecular Conc)
Entered Theme: Summer 2008 (thru Neurobiology)
Rotations:
1- Lester, 2- Floyd, 3- L Wadiche
Entered Candidacy: Summer 2012
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| Sarah Dougherty |
Thesis Advisor: Rita Cowell, PhD-Behavioral Neurobiology
Lenoir-Rhyne College (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2008 (thru IBS)
Rotations:
1- Shacka, 2- Ling Li, 3- Cowell
Entered Candidacy: Spring 2012
Defends: 6-March-2013
Publications:
Disruption of Purkinje cell function prior to huntingtin accumulation and cell loss in an animal model of Huntington Disease. Dougherty SE, Reeves JL, Lucas EK, Gamble KL, Lesort M, Cowell RM. Exp Neurol. 2012 May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22579526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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| Jana Drummond |
Thesis Advisor: James Meador-Woodruff, MD-Psychiatry
Hollins University (BA, Psychology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Rotations:
1- Meador-Woodruff, 2- Pozzo-Miller, 3- Cowell
Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013
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| Sharday Ewell |
Thesis Advisor: Anne Theibert, PhD-Neurobiology
Norfolk State University, Virginia (BS, Biology)
Rotations:
1- Standaert, 2- Sims, 3- Theibert
Honors:
2009-2011: Directed Brain Awareness Week at the McWane Science Center. Click here for a report and photos.
Entered Candidacy: Fall 2011
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David Figge
Thesis Advisor:
MSTP Student
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| Aimee Vinson Franklin |
Thesis Advisor: Lori McMahon, PhD-Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Southeastern Univ-Lakeland (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2008 (thru IBS)
Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship recipient
Rotations:
1- Roth, 2- Jianhua Zhang, 3- McMahon
Entered Candidacy: Spring 2012
Publication(s):
G9a/GLP Histone Lysine Dimethyltransferase Complex Activity in the Hippocampus and the Entorhinal Cortex Is Required for Gene Activation and Silencing during Memory Consolidation. Gupta-Agarwal S, Franklin AV, Deramus T, Wheelock M, Davis RL, McMahon LL, Lubin FD. J Neurosci. 2012 Apr 18;32(16):5440-53. PMID: 22514307.
Lysosome dysfunction triggers Atg7-dependent neural apoptosis. Walls KC, Ghosh AP, Franklin AV, Klocke BJ, Ballestas M, Shacka JJ, Zhang J, Roth KA. J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 2;285(14):10497-507.
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| Kyle Fraser |
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Thesis Advisor: Andrew West, PhD-Neurology/Neurobiology
Auburn University (BS, Biomedical Sciences)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011
Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship recipient
Rotations:
1- West, 2- McMahon, 3- Roberson
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| Matt Glover |
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Thesis Advisor: Sarah Clinton, PhD-Behavioral Neurobiology
Shepherd University (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011
Rotations:
1- Gwendalyn King, 2- Clinton, 3- Clinton
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Mika Guzman
Thesis Advisor: David Sweatt, PhD-Neurobiology
MSTP Student
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| Jada Hallengren |
Thesis Advisors:
Scott Wilson, PhD-Neurobiology
Lynn Dobrunz, PhD-Neurobiology
Cornell College (BA, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; BA, Psychology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010
Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship recipient
Rotations:
1- Kesterson, 2- Wilson, 3- Dobrunz
Entered Candidacy:
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| Frankie D.M. Heyward |
Thesis Advisor: David Sweatt, PhD-Neurobiology
University of Delaware (BA, Neuroscience)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Rotations:
1- Sweatt, 2- Cowell, 3- Sweatt
Honors:
♦ 2009-2012: UAB Comprehensive Minority Faculty & Student Development Program (CMFSDP) Fellowship Recipient
♦ 2011: NORC Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (T32) in Obesity Research Recipient
♦ 2012: Graduate Biomedical Sciences Student Outreach (GBS) President
Entered Candidacy: Fall 2012
Publications:
Adult mice maintained on a high-fat diet exhibit object location memory deficits and reduced hippocampal SIRT1 gene expression. Heyward FD, Grace Walton R, Carle MS, Coleman MA, Garvey TW, Sweatt JD. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2012 Apr 21. PMD: 22542746.
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| Nathan Hutcheson |
Thesis Advisor: Adrienne Lahti, MD-Behavioral Neurobiology
Emory University (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship recipient
Rotations:
1- Lahti, 2- Visscher, 3- Lahti
Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013
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| Mark Kilgore |
Thesis Advisor: David Sweatt, PhD-Neurobiology
Auburn University (BS, Microbiology; MS, Microbiology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2008
Rotations:
1- Rumbaugh, 2- Rumbaugh, 3- Rumbaugh
Entered Candidacy: Summer 2012
Defends: 3-April-2013
Publications:
Inhibitors of class 1 histone deacetylases reverse contextual memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Kilgore M, Miller CA, Fass DM, Hennig KM, Haggarty SJ, Sweatt JD, Rumbaugh G. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Mar;35(4):870-80.
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| Ian Kimbrough |
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Thesis Advisor: Harald Sontheimer, PhD-Neurobiology
University of Alabama (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011
Rotations:
1- Dobrunz, 2- Pozzo-Miller, 3- McMahon & Bevensee, 4- Sontheimer
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