Graduates by Year
Below are the past 10 years of graduates from the program along with known information about their current positions and contact details. More details on the over 140 graduates since the programs inception in 1992 can be found under Comprehensive List of Graduates by Year.
2022 Graduates
2021 Graduates
2020 Graduates
2019 Graduates
2018 Graduates
2017 Graduates
2016 Graduates
2015 Graduates
2014 Graduates
2013 Graduates
2012 Graduates
2011 Graduates
2010 Graduates
2009 Graduates
2008 Graduates
Courtney Bouchet
- Thesis title: Persistent inflammation desensitizes the Presynaptic Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor
- Advisor: Ingram
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Myers Lab, Colorado State University
Alec Condon
- Thesis title: D2 receptor plasticity and effector coupling
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Associate, Shen Lab, Stanford University, HHMI
Adam Filipowicz
- Thesis title: Neural and molecular mechanisms of pathogen avoidance in caenorhabditis elegans
- Advisor: Aballay
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Allard Lab, University of California, Los Angeles
Julia Halford
- Thesis title: Characterizing the mouse deafness gene BAIAP2L2
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Murthy Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU
Alexandria Hulegaard, née Lassetter
- Thesis title: Glial support of axon maintenance requires the TGFβ receptor babo
- Advisor: Freeman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Granato Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Mateo López Espejo
- Thesis title: Roles of integration and stimulus history in the representation of sound by the auditory cortex of ferrets
- Advisor: David
- Current/Last known position: unknown
Marc Meadows
- Thesis title: Exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles is regulated by calcium
- Advisor: von Gersdorff
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, von Gersdorff Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU
Alexander Nevue
- Thesis title: Molecular specializations of a songbird vocal motor region
- Advisor: Mellow
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Saunders Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU
Hannah Olson
- Thesis title: Regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics promotes proper collective cell migration
- Advisor: Nechiporuk
- Current/Last known position: none
Abinaya Ravisankar
- Thesis title: Study of the role and regulation of master transcription factor, rest, reveals limitations of an in vitro human aging system
- Advisor: Mandel
- Current/Last known position: Research Scientist, Nzumbe, Inc.
Petra Richer
- Thesis title: Signaling mechanisms modulating neuron-glia interactions following axonal injury
- Advisor: Logan
- Current/Last known position: Medical Writer, Flywheel Partners
Colin Wakeham
- Thesis title: Characterization of trophoblast glycoprotein in retinal rod bipolar cells
- Advisor: Morgans
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, von Gersdorff Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU
Sweta Adhikary (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Adaptations following chronic opioid treatment in the presynpatic and postsynaptic compartments of neurons
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Medical Student, OHSU
Kathleen Beeson
- Thesis title: Functional roles for postsynaptic α2δ-2 proteins in Purkinje cells
- Advisor: Schnell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Charles Heller
- Thesis title: State-dependent representation of sound by neural population activity in auditory cortex
- Advisor: David
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
John Koberstein
- Thesis title: Engineering fluorescent protein biosensors to monitor glycolytic metabolism
- Advisor: Goodman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI
Joseph Leffler
- Thesis title: Mapping the receptive field structure and functional connectivity of genetically identified amacrine cells in mouse retina
- Advisor: Taylor
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Sivyer Lab, OHSU
Tzu-Huai Lin
- Thesis title: A genetic approach to understanding axonal mitochondrial biology
- Advisor: Freeman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Kylie McPherson
- Thesis title: Defining physiological heterogeneity and opioid receptor regulation within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray provides a framework to better understand descending pain modulation
- Advisor: Ingram
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Daniel Miller
- Thesis title: The role of dystroglycan in interneuron development
- Advisor: Wright
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Alexandria Pincus (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Assessing sensory and parasympathetic contributions to airway hyperreactivity using optogenetic activation and multicolor labeling of airway neurons
- Advisor: Jacoby
- Current/Last known position: Medical Student, OHSU
Antoinette Foster
- Thesis: Exploring the transcriptional and translational profiles of cells across the oligodendrocyte lineage
- Advisor: Emery
- Current/Last known position: Director of Community Transformation, Racial Equity Center, Vollum Institute, OHSU
Erica Hanson
- Thesis: Rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) pain modulating neurons in male and female rats with persistent pain
- Advisor: Westbrook
- Current/Last known position: Intern, Privacy Office, OHSU
Jiun-Min Hsu
- Thesis: Injury-induced inhibition of bystander neurons requires dsarm and signaling from glia
- Advisor: Freeman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Emily Leff
- Thesis: Chronic morphine treatment induces heterologous alterations in acute kinase-dependent desensitization
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Scientist, Nooma Bio
Danielle Mathieson (MS)
- Thesis: Examining slo regulation of astrocyte morphology and neuronal excitability
- Advisor: Freeman
- Current/Last known position: Commercial, Medical and Government Affairs Intern, Genentech
Taylor Mighell
- Thesis: Discovering and interpreting genetic variation in neurological disorders
- Advisor: O'Roak
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation
Leah Schwartz
- Thesis: Effects of attention and arousal on neural activity in auditory cortex
- Advisor: David
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, David Lab, OHSU
Kevin Burfeind (MD/PhD)
- Thesis: Infiltrating and resident myeloid cells in the central nervous system are neuroinflammatory mediators of cachexia during pancreatic cancer
- Advisor: Marks
- Current/Last known position: Anesthesiology Resident, OHSU
Brian Jones
- Thesis: Investigation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
- Advisor: Westbrook
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Cymon Kersch (MD/PhD)
- Thesis: The heterogeneous microenvironment of malignant primary and metastatic central nervous system tumors
- Advisor: Neuwelt
- Current/Last known position: Resident, Providence Internal Medicine
William Hendricks
- Thesis: Functional impacts of neurogenesis and axonal sprouting in epilepsy
- Advisor: Schnell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Adesnik Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Lucille Moore
- Thesis: Synaptic transmission and electrical resonance in early auditory processing
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, DCAN Lab, OHSU
Daniela Saderi
- Thesis: Modulation of neural activity in auditory cortex and midbrain by sensory and behavioral context
- Advisor: David
- Current/Last known position: Co-Founder/Director, PREreview
Matthew Simon
- Thesis: The role of AQP4 and the astrocytic endfoot in CSF-ISF exchange and brain waste clearance
- Advisor: Iliff
- Current/Last known position: Scientist, Denali Therapeutics
Nathan Yoder
- Thesis: Gating and modulation of acid-sensing ion channels
- Advisor: Gouaux
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Julius Lab, University of California, San Francisco
Reena Clements
- Thesis: Dystroglycan stabilization of basement membranes regulates development of the visual system
- Advisor: Wright
- Current/Last known position: Associate Product Manager, Reperio Health
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Glynis Mattheisen
- Thesis title: G-Protein Regulation of voltage-Gated Sodium Channels by Allosteric Modulators of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor
- Advisor: Smith, Stephen
- Current/Last known position: Data Scientist, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behavior
Heather McConnell
- Thesis title: Ferumoxytol iron oxide nanoparticles as a magnetic resonance contrast agent in central nervous system lesions
- Advisor: Muldoon/Neuwelt
- Current/Last known position: Scientific Writer, Houston Methodist
Itallia Pacentine
- Thesis title: Molecular composition and protein interactions in the mechano-electrical transduction complex of zebrafish sensory hair cells
- Advisor: Nicolson
- Current/Last known position: National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Informatics, OHSU
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Zachary Urdang (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Toll-like receptor four and neutrophil contributions to endotoxemia-enhanced aminoglycoside ototoxicity
- Advisor: Neuwelt
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University
Gabe Knoll
Benjamin Murphy-Baum
- Thesis title: Inhibitory circuits generate distinct spatiotemporal receptive field properties in retinal neurons
- Advisor: Taylor
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Victoria, BC
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Nathan Nelson (MS)
- Thesis title: Developmental effects of nonuniform acetylcholine receptor expression on motor neuron and synapse morphology in larval zebrafish
- Advisor: Brehm
- Current/Last known position: Student, Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building, Port Haldlock, WA
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Benjamin Rakela
- Thesis title: Astrocytic modulation of neuronal signaling in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome
- Advisor: Brehm/Mandel
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco
Christopher Vaaga
- Thesis title: Synaptic computations in the olfactory bulb glomerular microcircuit
- Advisor: Westbrook
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
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QiLiang Chen (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Transmission of noxious information to a brainstem pain-modulating circuit
- Advisor: Heinricher
- Current/Last known position: Resident Physician, Stanford Health Care
Madalynn Erb
- Thesis title: Transcriptional regulation in spinal cord motor neuron specification and motor neuron subtype development
- Advisor: Lee
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Moore Lab, Van Andel Institute
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Nora Hammack (MS)
- Thesis title: Characterization of the light response of rostral ventromedial medulla pain-modulating neurons
- Advisor: Heinricher
- Current/Last known position: Software Engineer, Healthy Together
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Gukhan Kim
- Thesis title: Synaptic localization of SK2 channels
- Advisor: Adelman
- Current/Last known position: Senior Scientist, Mission Bio
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Paul Kramer
- Thesis title: New roles for metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling in the physiology and pathology of dopamine neurons
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH NINDS
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Hsin-Wei Lu
- Thesis title: Pre- and post-synaptic regulation of interneuron microcircuits in cerebellum-like structures
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leuven in Belgium
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Caitlin Monaghan
- Thesis title: REST Corepressors 1/2: Balancing proliferation and differentiation in the developing nervous system
- Advisor: Mandel
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ackerman Lab, University of California, San Diego
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Maria Purice
- Thesis title: Molecular mechanisms of glial immune responses to neurodegeneration in the young and aged CNS
- Advisor: Logan
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Singhvi Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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Danielle Robinson
- Thesis title: The role of the myotubularin pseudophosphatase MTMR13 in myelination and disease
- Advisor: Robinson
- Current/Last known position: President & Executive Director, Code for Science & Society
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Marie Xun Wang
- Thesis title: Lysosomal abnormalities in oligodendrocytes in murine models of Krabbe Disease
- Advisor: Petryniak
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Courtney Williams
- Thesis title: Calcium regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission
- Advisor: Smith
- Current/Last known position: Nursing student, Duke University
Lilly Winfree
- Thesis title: The role of protein phosphatase 4 in glial immune responses to neuronal injury
- Advisor: Logan
- Current/Last known position: Product Manager, Frictionless Data
Carolina Borges-Merjane
- Thesis title: Glutamate-activated currents in unipolar brush cells
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Jonas Lab, Institute of Science and Technology (IST), Vienna, Austria
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Stephanie Gantz
- Thesis title: Leveraging the occurrence of spontaneous D2 receptor-mediated IPSCs to understand the dopamine systems
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, NIDA
Alexandria Harrold
- Thesis title: Complex regulation of olig2 activity during spinal cord development
- Advisor: Lee
- Current/Last known position: Neuroscience Research Fellow, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute
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Jeannie Hunnicutt
- Thesis title: An investigation of input integration in the mouse basal ganglia
- Advisor: Mao
- Current/Last known position: Software Developer, HealthSparq
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Nathan Klett
- Thesis title: GABA Transmission in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
- Advisor: Allen
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, OHSU
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Chia-Hsueh Lee
- Thesis title: The X-ray structure of NMDA receptor
- Advisor: Gouaux
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University
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Anne Logan
- Thesis title: Roles of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases and 3-phosphates in schwann cell myelination
- Advisor: Robinson
- Current/Last known position: PA-C, Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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Karen Thiebes
- Thesis title: MicroRNA function in developing spinal cord motor neurons
- Advisor: Lee
- Current/Last known position: Founder/CEO, Simplified Science Publishing & Technical SEO Manager, First Page Sage
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Biliana Veleva-Rotse
- Thesis title: Strad pseudokinases are critical in embryonic brain development and in regulating LKB1 stability
- Advisor: Barnes
- Current/Last known position: Medical Science Liaison Associate Director, Amicus Therapeutics
Delia Chiu
- Thesis title: Investigation of three aspects of glutamate physiology
- Advisor: Jahr
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ryan Gardner
- Thesis title: The role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma in sympathetic nerve remodeling and arrythmia susceptibility after myocardial infarction
- Advisor: Habecker
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Habecker Lab, OHSU
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Karin Mullendorff
- Thesis title: Study of the master neuronal regulator REST in adult brain
- Advisor: Mandel
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Derek Musashe
- Thesis title: Insulin-like signaling regulates glial immune responses to axon degeneration in drosophila melanogaster
- Advisor: Logan
- Current/Last known position: Science & Health Coordinator and Career Counselor, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Dominic Siler
- Thesis title: Mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction following subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Advisor: Alkayed
- Current/Last known position: Medical Resident, OHSU
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Shane Tillo
- Thesis title: An investigation of PKA phosphorylation gradients and a mechanism for their enhancement
- Advisor: Zhong
Karen Tonsfeldt
- Thesis title: GABAa plasticity during persistent inflammation in male and female rats
- Advisor: Ingram
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mellon Lab, University of California, San Diego
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Pierre Apostolides
- Thesis title: Cellular and network mechanisms for generatin inhibition in the mouse dorsal cochlear nucleus
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School
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Robert Cargill
- Thesis title: Regulation of VEGF by TEAD4 and HIF-1α in murine oxygen-induced retinopathy
- Advisor: Appukuttan/Stout
- Current/Last known position: President, Pacific Diabetes Technologies
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Molly Harding
- Thesis title: Regulation of cell shape during development of the nervous system
- Advisor: Nechiporuk
- Current/Last known position: AP Biology Teacher, St. Mary's Academy, Portland, OR
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Deniz Kusefoglu (MS)
- Thesis title: Long-rang thalamic projections to neocortex and basal ganglia: A model for the mesoscopic connectome
- Advisor: Mao
- Current/Last known position: Software Developer at InfluxData, San Francisco
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Jenna Ramaker
- Thesis title: A role for amyloid precursor proteins in regulating neuronal motility
- Advisor: Copenhaver
- Current/Last known position: OHSU Master's in Public Health student
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Isabelle Baconguis
- Thesis title: Structural plasticity and dynamic selectivity of acid-sensing ion channel- toxin complexes
- Advisor: Gouaux
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Scientist, Vollum Institute, OHSU
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Jeremy Bushman
- Thesis title: Study of a glycine hinge in ATP-sensitive potassium channels
- Advisor: Shyng
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, USC
Daniel Cleary (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Opioid-sensitive brainstem neurons seperately modulate pain and respiration
- Advisor: Heinricher
- Current/Last known position: Neurosurgery Resident, University of California, San Diego
Jason Deignan
- Thesis title: The subtype specific roles of SK2 and SK3 channels in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra
- Advisor: Adelman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Maylie Lab, OHSU
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Zev Einhorn
- Thesis title: Rabconnectin3α promotes stable activity of the H+-pump on synaptic vesicles in hair cells
- Advisor: Nicolson
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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Jeffrey Hubbard
- Thesis title: Two spatially and temporally distinct sources of calcium contribute to vesicle release at the zebrafish neuromuscular junction
- Advisor: Brehm
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, CRICM Brain and Spinal Cord Research Institute, Paris, France
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Brian Jenkins
- Thesis title: The role of Kinesin-3 family members in dendrite-selective transport
- Advisor: Banker
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Aya Matsui
- Thesis title: In search of opioid sensitive GABA afferents to midbrain dopamine neurons
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Alvarez Lab, NIH
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Julia Perederiy
- Thesis title: Lesion of the perforant path triggers a biphasic neurognic response in the adult dentate gyrus
- Advisor: Westbrook
- Current/Last known position: Business Development Consultant
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Kateri Spinelli
- Thesis title: Molecular characterization of hair cell metabolism and tip link damage
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Program Manager for Research Publications, Providence Heart Institute
Cadence True
- Thesis title: Regulation of arcuate nucleus kisspeptin/neurokinin B and gonadotropin-releasing hormone during negative energy balance
- Advisor: Smith, Susan
- Current/Last known position: Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center
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Evan Vickers
- Thesis title: Dynamic lateral feedback inhibition in the retina
- Advisor: von Gersdorff
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, BMI/EpFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Michael Walogorsky
- Thesis title: Self repair in a zebrafish model for slow-channel myasthenic syndrome
- Advisor: Brehm
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
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Rebecca Williams-Karnesky (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Epigenic changes induced by adenosine augmentation therapy prevent epileptogenesis
- Advisor: Boison
Clayton Winkler
- Thesis title: Hyaluronan and its degradation products have opposing effects on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis pathogenesis that are dependent and independent of CD44
- Advisor: Sherman
- Current/Last known position: IRTA Fellow, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIH/NIAID/Rocky Mountain Laboratories
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Hongyu Zhao
- Thesis title: Molecular and biochemical studies of the hair bundle
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
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Amy Bruestle Packard
- Thesis title: Studies on poly-ICLC treatment as a potent neuroprotective therapy against ischemic brain injury
- Advisor: Stenzel-Poore
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ulrich-Lai Lab, University of Cincinnati
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Wilmon Grant
- Thesis title: The effects of a maternal high fat diet on hepatic innervation n the nonhuman primate
- Advisor: Marks
- Current/Last known position: Senior Medical Science Liaison, Biogen
Aaron Grossberg (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Inflammatory regulation of hypothalamic neurons in sickness behavior
- Advisor: Marks
- Current/Last known position: Medical Residency, Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson, Houston, TX
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Melissa Hernandez Kelley
- Thesis title: The effect of ischemia on cerebellar purkinje cell GABAA receptors
- Advisor: Herson
Dustin Johnsen
- Thesis title: Cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in the mammalian cortex
- Advisor: Murphy
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Sidney Kuo
- Thesis title: Inhibitory synaptic transmission in early auditory processing
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rieke's Lab, University of Washington
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Shin Lee
- Thesis title: Implications of neuropeptide Y induction in the dorsomedial hypothalamus for hyperphagia and obesity
- Advisor: Grove
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
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Daniel Lioy-Ryan
- Thesis title: Determining the cellular basis of a neurodevelopmental disease: MeCP2 dysfunction in glia and neurons
- Advisor: Mandel
- Current/Last known position: Founder, Cats in the City
Stephen Magill (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Identification of microRNA-132/212 function in vivo
- Advisor: Goodman
- Current/Last known position: Resident, Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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Marnie Preston
- Thesis title: Novel mechanisms underlying hyaluronan-mediated remyelination failure
- Advisor: Sherman
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Macklin Lab, University of Colorado, Denver
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Artur Riddle (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Histopathological and MRI correlates of perinatal white matter injury
- Advisor: Back
- Current/Last known position: Resident, Cincinatti Children's Hospital
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Kimmy Su (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: In vivo and in vitro characterization of the p66ShcA inactivation: Axonal and neuronal protection in the context of multiple sclerosis
- Advisor: Forte/Bourdette
- Current/Last known position: House Officer, Neurology, OHSU
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Ilya Buldyrev
- Thesis title: The role of inner retinal inhibitory circuits in tuning off retinal ganglion cell output
- Advisor: Taylor
- Current/Last known position: PT Student, MGH Institute of HEalth Professions, Boston, MA
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Forrest Davis
- Thesis title: Altered Purkinje cell pacemaking underlies motor deficits in mouse models of cerebellar ataxia
- Advisor: Adelman
Jessica Martin
- Thesis title: BDNF in developing aortic baroreceptors & its role in the dendritic morphagenesis of neurons from the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
- Advisor: Balkoweic
- Current/Last known position: Biology Faculty at Portland Community College, & Freelance Science Writer
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Matthew McGinley
- Thesis title: Network dynamics in olfactory cortical subregions
- Advisor: Westbrook
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, McCormick Lab, Yale University/Kavli Institute
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Rebecca Mongeon
- Thesis title: The molecular determinants of synaptic current kinetics at zebrafish neuromuscular junctions
- Advisor: Mandel
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
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Nidia Quillinan
- Thesis title: Opioid agonists differentially engage and regulate mu opioid receptor desensitization, trafficking and recovery from desnsitization
- Advisor: Williams
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
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Emily Pratt (MD/PhD)
- Thesis title: Functional and structural interactions within pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channels
- Advisor: Shyng
- Current/Last known position: Pediatrician, Hillsboro Pediatric Clinic, LLC
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Rachel Sanchez Thwing
- Thesis title: Ovarian steroid regulation of the midbrain corticotropin releasing factor and urocortin systems in macaques
- Advisor: Bethea
- Current/Last known position: Instructor, Biological Sciences, Portland Community College
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Katherine Saylor (MS)
- Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Doctoral student, Science Policy and Bioethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Nicholas Vyleta
- Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Doctoral student, Science Policy and Bioethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Jill Wentzell
- Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
- Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
- Current/Last known position: Doctoral student, Science Policy and Bioethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Adrianna Andrade Focke
- Thesis title: Excitotoxic mechanisms in the hippocampus and cerebellum during brain ischemia
- Advisor: Rossi
- Current/Last known position: Realtor
Anna Barsukova
- Thesis title: The role of cyclophilin D in mitochondrial calcium homeostasis in adult neurons
- Advisor: Forte/Bourdette
DeAunne Denmark
- Thesis title: From QTL to QTG: Molecular and biochemical studies toward understanding the influence of a mouse chromosom 1 locus on alcohol withdrawal vulnerability
- Advisor: Buck
- Current/Last known position: Volunteer at OBI
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Paul Focke
- Thesis title: Electron paramagnetic resonance measurements on the bacterial glutamate transporter homologGltPhin distinct states
- Advisor: Larsson
- Current/Last known position: Technology Specialist, McCoy Russell LLP
Bernadette Grayson
- Thesis title: Early development of body-weight regulation systems in the nonhuman primate in utero effects of high-fat diet
- Advisor: Grove
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Unniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
Melissa Herman
- Thesis title: Control of extracellular glutamate by transporters in the CNS
- Advisor: Jahr
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Charite Medical School, Berlin, Germany
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Yuil Kim
- Thesis title: Studies on the electrical properties of the dorsal cochlear nucleus cartwheel neurons
- Advisor: Trussell
- Current/Last known position: Medical Resident, Korea
Jennifer Petersen
- Thesis title: Trafficking of polarized membrane proteins in developing and mature hippocampal neurons
- Advisor: Banker
- Current/Last known position: Posdoctorant at the Universite de Bordeaux, Institut Interdisciplinaire de Neurosciences
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Joyce Wondolowski
- Thesis title: Cell type selective expression of a slow AMPA/kainate EPSC in hippocampai interneurons
- Advisor: Frerking
- Current/Last known position: Physical therapy student, USC
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Duane Allen
- Thesis title: The organization and regulation of small conductance calcium activated K channel (KCNN2) multiprotein complexes
- Advisor: Adelman
- Current/Last known position: Research Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Minnesota, Duluth
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Joe Aslan
- Thesis title: PACS-2 integrates interorganellar communication pathways of cellular homeostasis and apoptosis
- Advisor: Thomas
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU
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William Birdsong
- Thesis title: Acid sensing ion channels: Coincident detection of ischemia by a channel-channel interaction
- Advisor: McCleskey
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Sonja Billes
- Thesis title: Mechanism of weight loss by centrally-acting catecholaminergic drugs
- Advisor: Cowley
- Current/Last known position: Freelance Scientific Writer
Nicholas Oesch
- Thesis title: Synaptic and dendritic mechanisms mediating direction-selective signaling in the retina
- Advisor: Taylor
- Current/Last known position: Assistant Research Professor, University of California, San Diego
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Michael Pellegrino
- Thesis title: An analysis of nerve growth factor-dependent differentiation and neurite outgrowth in the PC12 cell model system
- Advisor: Stork
- Current/Last known position: Regional Medical Manager, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Medical Affairs
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Edmund Reese
- Thesis title: Trace amine-associated receptor 1: A novel target of methamphetamine
- Advisor: Grandy
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology & Pharmacology, OHSU
Linda Ruggiero
- Thesis title: Developmental regulation of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells and its effects on circadian function
- Advisor: Robinson
- Current/Last known position: Associate Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University
Tarcisco Velho
- Thesis title: The genomic response to song and the representation of complex sounds in the auditory system of zebra finches
- Advisor: Mello
- Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School