Berendzen Lab postdoc/lab manager/grant writerInvestigating the circuits and cellular pathways underlying social deficits in neurodegeneration

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Neuroscience Graduate Program | Basbaum LabDissecting the neural circuit basis of anesthesia-induced cortical modulation of the pain experience

Biology Department | Luo LabCharacterized thirst-associated motivation in the median preoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus -Optogenetic modulation of drinking and motivational behavior in transgenic miceDissected connective and functional differences between dorsal raphe serotonin sub-circuits -Viral tracing in transgenic mice to map sub-circuit connectivity -Chemogenetic manipulation of serotonin in sub-circuits of transgenic mice to assess differential roles in… Show more Biology Department | Luo LabCharacterized thirst-associated motivation in the median preoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus -Optogenetic modulation of drinking and motivational behavior in transgenic miceDissected connective and functional differences between dorsal raphe serotonin sub-circuits -Viral tracing in transgenic mice to map sub-circuit connectivity -Chemogenetic manipulation of serotonin in sub-circuits of transgenic mice to assess differential roles in anxious and depressive behaviorInvestigated the organization and function of cortical ensembles mediating long-term fear memory -Mapped brain-wide activity patterns of transgenic mice undergoing or remembering fearful experiences -Optogenetic and chemogenetic modulation of behaviorally-defined circuits to determine causal role of prefrontal cortex in fear memoryDeveloping new tools to improve gene modification and regulation -Tissue culture maintenance, plasmid preparation, transfections Show less

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Laboratory of Cognitive Neurobiology | Eichenbaum LabInvestigated specific contributions of lateral entorhinal neurons towards episodic memory -Designed and piloted new behavioral and surgical paradigms -In vivo electrophysiological recordings of neurons in rats performing delayed association taskCompared activity patterns across cortical regions implicated in long-term memory function -In vivo electrophysiological recordings of neurons in rats performing association task

Gave pre-lab lectures to review material prior to starting experimentsProvided guidance to students during and outside of class; held weekly office hoursAttended class on teaching strategies for STEM students

Dept. of Pharmacology | Farb LabInvestigated in vivo electrophysiological effects of cognitive enhancer, TB21007, on spatial memory in ratsSupervised student volunteers