Daniel Freeman Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Contributed to Dr. Megan Detloff’s research surrounding the relationship between spinal cord injury and the neuroimmune interactions that contribute to the development of chronic pain
• Utilized surgical, behavioral, neuroanatomical, and molecular techniques to elucidate the role of glial cell polarization in pain mediation and to explore the role of the Sonic hedgehog protein in regulating glial cell.
• Collaborated with outside investigators to develop a novel behavioral test (open field two-texture preference assay) aimed at providing measurable outputs of mechanical allodynia and cortical pain processing
• Developed code to automate data analysis processes and summarize outputs from existing programs
• Assisted senior lab members in projects surrounding maladaptive nociceptor plasticity, strength training and the recovery of motor function, and the development of depressive phenotypes following spinal cord injury

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Contributed to Dr. Jacob Russell’s research surrounding the evolution and underlying mechanisms of symbiosis between hosts and their microbial communities
• Utilized bioinformatic and genomic techniques to elucidate the mechanisms surrounding gut symbiont genome reduction in Cephalotes ants
• Conducted analyses on Linux operating system and used languages such as Python and R
• Detected horizontal gene transfer events between Cephalotes ants and their gut symbionts through composition-based and phylogenetic approaches
• Employed peer-reviewed bioinformatic programs for a variety of purposes including genomic island detection, pseudogene detection, and phylogenetic single-gene tree generation

Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, United States

• Supported the Clinical Trial Slide Files group by creating/auditing clinical study report, study protocol, publication, and poster slide decks for internal and external use
• Created over 150 slide decks in a 6-month period pertaining to clinical trial data
• Developed slide decks from posters presented at over 15 conferences including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

Dual B.S./M.S., Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Activities and Societies: TriBeta Biological Honor Society, The Neuroscience Society

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Project SHORT (Students for Higher Education Opportunities and Representation in Training), A Bridge to Academic.