Graduate student, CMB, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Adam Funk received a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2004.  After graduating, he accepted a research assistant position with a local biotech company, Sierra Sciences LLC, where he championed a cell based high throughput drug screening assay which has screened over 100,000 compounds to date.  Sierra Sciences LLC studies the beneficial effects of Telomerase induction, focused on the prevention of cellular senescence in an attempt to provide healthier, longer life.  In 2006, Adam began his pursuit of a Ph.D. by joining the Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.  In early 2007 he joined Dr. Meador-Woodruff's lab, mentored by Dr. McCullumsmith, and began his dissertation research in the department of Neurobiology.  Adam has worked on multiple projects in the lab, including development of a postsynaptic density isolation protocol as well as a general characterization of synaptic and signaling molecules important for cognition and synaptic transmission using postmortem human tissue from subjects with schizophrenia.