Program Alumni
| First Name | Last Name | Advisor | Thesis Title | Year |
| Daniel | Greenberg | Miri | Identifying Neural Activity That Predicts Decisions to Act | 2023 |
| Amelia | Stepniak | Ahmed | Oncometabolite L-2-Hydroxyglutarate Contributes to Stemness Potential in Glioblastoma | 2023 |
| Yanqiqi | Zeng | Gallio | T-SNIP: Targeted SyNaptic Interference and Pruning, a transgenic method to prevent the formation of selected synapses in the Drosophila brain | 2023 |
| Jiaqi | He | Caraveo Piso | The effect of BASP1 and GAP43 phosphorylation in actin dynamics under physiological conditions | 2023 |
| Justin | Morgenthaler | Zelano | Respiratory Linked Neural Oscillations in Human Olfactory Cortex during Sleep | 2023 |
| Austin | Wen | Allada | Identifying Molecular Pathways of Tau Mediated Sleep and Circadian Disruption In a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease | 2023 |
| Sarah | Asif | Bozza | Analysis of TAAR Enhancer Deletions to Investigate Olfactory Singular Expression | 2022 |
| Bisru | Bac | Disterhof | Proteomic Changes Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging in a Transgenic Rat Model and Human Patients | 2022 |
| Atousa | Nahrami | Geula | Detection of MAP2K3 Immunoreactivity in the Human Cerebral Cortex and Primary Human Microglia and Loss in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with TDP-43 Proteinopathy | 2022 |
| Lamine | Camara | Schwartz | Retinal Feature Selectivity: In Humans and Machines | 2022 |
| Martin | Feng | Kozorovitskiy | Projection-Specific Dopaminergic Activity Underlying Manic-Like Behavior | 2022 |
| Zachary | Fitzgerald | Slutzky/Flint | Application of graph theory to identifying critical nodes of the language network in fMRI | 2022 |
| Sumiran | Kher | Gallio | The Neurobiology of Adaptation to New Thermal Environments | 2022 |
| Linna | Lahmadi | Ahmed | Tryptophanyl tRNA Synthetase Functions as a Cytokine During Chemotherapy in Glioblastoma to Mediate c-MYC Signaling | 2022 |
| Spencer | Lehmann | Zelano | Exhaled Breath Proteome in Alzheimer's Disease | 2022 |
| Divya | Ventarapragada | Ahmed | Hemotherapeutic Stress Induces Noncanonical Hif-1a Signaling in Glioblastoma Independent from Oxygen Tensions | 2022 |
| Zichun | Lin | Allada | CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screen to reveal the mechanism of Abeta-mediated sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in Drosophila | 2022 |
| Robert | Powell | Miller | Mechanisms for Gain Control in the Motor System | 2022 |
| Maddie | Proctor | Klein | An Examination of Amyloid Beta Oligomers as Potentially Necessary Factors Influencing Avian Retinal Development | 2022 |
| Mingyu | Wan | Schmidt | Visual Circuits Modulating Aggressive Behavior in Mice | 2022 |
| Samuel | Bartley | Klein | The Physiological Role of Amyloid Beta Oligomers in the Developing Central Nervous System | 2022 |
| Courtney | Hruska | Klein | An evaluation of a potentially new non-transgenic late-onset Alzheimer’s disease model and its ability to differentiate different amyloid beta oligomer proteoforms with pathology induced by risk factor diets. | 2021 |
| Manzhao | Long | Martina | Chloride dysregulation contributes to medial prefrontal cortex deactivation in neuropathic pain | 2021 |
| Qiwei | Dong | Miller | Use of a markerless pose estimation method in the analysis of somatosensory cortical area 2 neural responses to 3D reaching movements | 2021 |
| Danny | Kang | Klein | Immuno-detection of different proteoforms of Amyloid Beta Oligomers (ABOs) in developing chick retina | 2021 |
| Iris | Liu | Balyasnikova | Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Migration to Glioblastoma with CCL2 Receptor | 2021 |
| Qiaohan | Yang | Zelano | Odor Induces Characteristic Time Courses of Theta, Beta, and Gamma Oscillations in Human Olfactory Cortex | 2021 |
| Villia | Dedinas | Turek | The Effects of Blue, Green, and Red Wavelength LED Light on Certain Measures of Growth, Behavior, and Circadian Organization in the Mouse | 2021 |
| Vanessa | Hernandez | Allada | Identifying neural circuits that mediate the effects of Aβ42 and Tau on sleep and circadian rhythms | 2021 |
| Xin | Zhang | Kozorovitskiy | Dopaminergic activity underlying manic behavior induced by transient total sleep deprivation | 2021 |
| Xunhui | Wu | Gallio | Third-Order Neurons Mediate Drosophila Reproductive Behaviors in Response To Temperature Changes | 2021 |
| Zuoheng | Qin | Allada | Screening for clock-controlled genes which modulate the circadian and sleep phenotypes in a Drosophila Huntington’s disease (HD) model | 2021 |
| Alec | Lei | Hartmann | Computational models of the early stages of neural processing in the rat vibrissal system | 2020 |
| Asia | Owais | Kiyokawa | UBE3A/E6AP Mediated Ubiquitination of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Alpha Subunit and Coat Protein Complex I in Neurons | 2020 |
| Caley | Rincones | Segraves | Comparative natural image search in Rhesus monkey and human eye movements | 2020 |
| Peigen | Shu | Reber | Transfer of implicit sequence learning under perceptual alterations | 2020 |
| Fernando | Sanz | Schmidt |
Blocking GABA Synthesis in ipRGCs of Mouse Retina Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System
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2019 |
| Hongjie | Xia | Klein |
Alzheimer's Disease-Related Amyloid Beta Oligomers and Phosphorylated Tau are Surprisingly Correlated in Development of Avian Retina
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2019 |
| Kristine | Watral | Swanson |
An Analysis of the Expression Pattern and Function of the Human Natural Killer-1 Carbohydrate Epitope in Alzheimer's Disease
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2019 |
| Nicholas | Rozema | Disterhoft |
Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Induced Cognitive Impairment and Validation of an In Vivo Probe Detectable by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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2019 |
| Jacob | Rayyan | Schmidt |
A Global Approach and Analysis to Identify Novel Molecular Targets in Therapeutic Resistance to Glioblastoma
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2019 |
| Yuejun | Liu | Kozorovitskiy |
Sex Specific Evaluation of Oxytocin Circuit Structure and Body Weight Control
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2019 |
| Yulia | Lagoutina | Voss |
The Role of Cortical Thickness Atrophy in Post-TMS Recall Change in Older Adults
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2019 |
| Evelyn | Ho | Klein |
The Suprising Expression of Amyloid Beta Oligomers During Development: Transient Expression of AD-Relevant Proteins in Avian Retina
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2019 |
| Michaela | Kearney | Klein |
Development of ABeta Oligomers and Tau Pathology in a 5XFAD Model of Alzheimer's Disease and its Assessment by CLARITY
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2019 |
| Peixiong Frederick | Zhao | Gallio |
A Study of Sensory Integration Between Attractive Taste and Aversive Temperature
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2019 |
| Damonick | Baxter | Meade |
Reduction of Metal-Mediated Amyloid-Beta Toxicity by Cobalt(III) Schiff Base Complexes
|
2018 |
| Ling-Kai | Shih | Allada | Discovery of Novel Molecular Pathways Important for the Effects of Amyloid Beta on Sleep and Circadian Rhythms |
2018 |
| Peter | Laminette | Gallio |
Functional Characterization of Invertebrate Temperature Receptors
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2018 |
| Zachary | Taub | Allada |
Identifying Robust Behavioral Markers to Quantify Homeostatic Sleep Drive in Drosophila
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2018 |
| Michelle | Palumbo | Dong |
Chronic Unpredictable Stress Induced Sex Differences in Behavioral and Biochemical Changes in C57BL/6 Mice
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2018 |
| Victoria | Smith | Wright |
Child-like Performance on the Auditory Tone Lag Task in Adults with Dyslexia or
ADHD
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2018 |
| Nalini | Rao | Klein |
The Physiological Role of Alzheimer's Related Amyloid Beta Oligomers and Phosphorylated Tau in the Developing Chick Central Nervous System
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2018 |
| Weilan | Jiang | Krainc |
GBA and Parkinson’s Disease Characterization of Pathological Phenotypes in Patient Specific GBA Mutant Stem Cell-Derived Dopamine Neurons and Potential Rescues
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2018 |
| Riana | Lo Bu | Klein | Characterization of the ABO efffect on NKAa3 | 2018 |
| Chia-Ching | Wu | Schmidt | Investigation of the Role of ipRGCs in the Development of the Lateral Geniculate Complex | 2018 |
| Beryl | Valentine | Schmidt | The Influence of Light and ipRGCs on Metabolism | 2017 |
| Sophia | Lambert | Turek | Evaluating the Circadian System as a Mediator for the Microbiome's Role in Stress Resilience | 2017 |
| Kelly | Marshall | Contractor | Developmental Characterization of Human Fragile X IPSC Induced Neurons | 2017 |
| Jacob | Paschall | Klein | Chemical Stabilization of Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Subpopulations in Vitro and in Vivo by 1,5-Difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DFDNB) | 2017 |
| Michelle | Ren | Schmidt/Turek |
The Role of M1 Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Light Induction of |
2017 |
| Nadia | DiNunno | Klein | The relationship between ADDLs and tau in the progression of Alzheimer's neuropathology: mechanisms of hippocampal neurotoxicity | 2017 |
| Todd | Appleby | Schwartz | Color Opponent Ganglion cells of mouse retina | 2016 |
| Sagar | Patwardhan | Hartmann | Rat Whisking Strategies During Object Localizatlon | 2016 |
| Samuel | Stewart | Allada | Establishing a model of traumatic brain injury in Drosophila | 2016 |
| Jordan | Nasenbeny | Kozorovitskiy | Oxytocinenergic Modulation of Midbrain Dopamine Systems and Implications for Behavior | 2016 |
| Samuel | Stewart | Allada | The effects of head-specific TBI on locomotion, sleep, cell death and glial activity in Drosophila Melanogaster | 2016 |
| Asia | Giammarco | Segraves | Dynamics of a Receptive Field during a Probe Search Task (working title) | 2016 |
| Taehyeon | Kim | Kozorovitskiy | Effects of rapid acting antidepressants, Ketamine and glyx-13 on excitory synapse | 2016 |
| Ana | Istrate | McLean | Principles of morphology in the larval zebrafish motor pool | 2015 |
| Dietta | Chihade | Raij | Cortical Origin of Frontal Asymmetry for Major Depressive Disorder | 2015 |
| Teona | Munteanu | Schmidt | The Role of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Development | 2015 |
| Megan | Garvey | Klein | Immuno-research of Alzheimer's Disease: Using Phage-Display Single Chain Fragment Variable Antibodies to Elucidate Amyloid-Beta Oligomer Binding | 2015 |
| Katherine | Hatcher | Turek | Sex differences in circadian influence on alcohol-induced gut leakiness and implications for alcoholic liver disease | 2015 |
| Brandon | Helm | Awatramani | Unique Projection Properties of Two Molecularly Distinct Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Subtypes | 2015 |
| Emily | Berthiaume | Segraves | Impact of Target Presentation Mode on Frontal Eye Field Activity | 2015 |
| Thomas | Dichiara | Klein | AMYLOID-BETA OLIGOMER RECEPTORS: NANODISC TECHNOLOGY AND AMYLOID-BETA OLIGOMER DEPENDENT CO-IMMUNOPRECIPITATION | 2015 |
| Karim | Farrag | Segraves | Visual Search Across Semi-Natural Scenes | 2015 |
| Michaella | Georgiou | Klein | The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 and Mu Opioid Receptor implication in Amyloid Beta Oligomer Toxicity | 2014 |
| Yardain | Amar | Kraus | Developmental Plasticity of the Adolescent Auditory Subcortex: A Longitudinal Approach | 2014 |
| Patrick | Kearney | Gallio | Connectivity and Neurotransmitter Phenotype in the Drosophila Thermosensory Circuit | 2014 |
| Matthew | Marunde | Klein | Nanodisc Technology and High Throughput Screening for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery | 2014 |
| Keya | Raychaudhuri | Kilman | Mushroom Body Gamma Lobe Neurons in Regulation of Sleep in Drosophila | 2014 |
| Gaurav | Chenji | Cang | Assessment of Visual Acuity: A Behavioral Model to Study Visual Processing in Mice | 2014 |
| Madeline | Robertson | Woolley | Analysis of the Impact of Neurosteroid Estradiol on Seizure-Induced Hippocampal Cell Death | 2014 |
| Jennifer | Krizman | Kraus | Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech | 2009 |
| Himanshi | Desai | Klein | Role of Glial cells in early Alzheimer's disease pathology | 2013 |
| Michael | Riad | Klein | Therapeutic Rescue of Amyloid-Beta Oligomer-Mediated mGluR5 Complex Formation | 2013 |
| Angelica | Marconi | Turek | Expression of Clock Genes Per1, Per2, Per3 and BMAL1 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Disrupted Sleep and Daytime Somnolence | 2013 |
| Michael | Bennett | Klein | Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology: The Role of mGluR5 in ADDL-induced Synaptotoxicity | 2012 |
| Nicole | Bostic | Turek | Pathology of Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder: Alterations in Homeostatic Drive and Sleep Quality | 2012 |
| Sara | Caddigan | Segraves | Effects of Manipulations of Natural Scene Context on Rhesus Monkey Visual Searching Behavior | 2012 |
| Cassandra | Dobbins | Klein | Reduced production and secretion of astocyte-derived insulin/IbF: Potential Contribution to Alzheimer's Disease progression | 2012 |
| Jason | Patel | Klein | Characterization of single-chain variable fragments: identification of antibodies that selectively target toxic amyloid beta molecules | 2012 |
| Mary | Czech | Woolley | Estradiol Regulates Dense Core Vesicles in the Hippocampal CA1 Region | 2012 |
| Eric | Behar | Linsenmeier | A Comparison of Retinal Leakage Across Three Different Strains of Rats using Injected Exogenous VEGF 164 | 2012 |
| James | Sbarboro | Klein | The Development of Magnetic Nanostructures and their Functionalization with Anti-ADDL as an MRI Contrast Agent for Early-stage Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease | 2011 |
| Jared | Levine | Segraves | In Vivo Imaging of Amine Responses in the Olfactory Bulbs of Gene-Targeted Mice | 2011 |
| Ren Shuoh | Kuo | Segraves | Rhesus Monkeys Use Contextual Guidance for Visual Search | 2011 |
| Daine | Stevens | Allada | RNAi SCREEN AND FOLLOW-UP ON GENES AFFECTING SLEEP IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER | 2011 |
| Benjamin | Kuhns | Klein | SMPLs as a platform for high throughput screening and identification of ADDL receptors | 2011 |
| Rachel | Pantoja | Bozza | Analysis of Notch-1 Function in the Mouse Olfactory System | 2011 |
| Matthew | Augustine | Turek | The interrelation between sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism in mice: the role of circadian disruption and synchronization in metabolic homeostasis and the implications of sleep as a mediator | 2011 |
| James | Leake | Klein | Development of a nanotechnology-based ultra-sensitive ADDL scanimmuno assay for Alzheimer's Diagnostics | 2010 |
| Michael | Hornacek | Klein | Development of Hippocampal Cell-based Assays for High-Throughput Screening to find Compounds with Anti-ADDL Properties | 2010 |
| Scott | Mix | Levine | Estrogen Mediates Its Protective Role Against High-fat Diet Induced Obesity Through Interleukin-6 and IL-6 Receptor | 2010 |
| Jennifer | Krizman | Kraus | Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech | 2009 |
| Benjamin | Banks | Wyrwicz | Behavioral and Magnetic Resonance and Microscopic Studies of the 5xFAD Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease | 2009 |
| Kichul | Pak | Bozza | Identification and analysis of promoters of genes encoding trace amine-associated receptors in the mouse. | 2009 |
| Zachary | Clark | Segraves | Behavioral Evidence for Planning Sequences of Multiple Saccades in Rhesus Monkey | 2009 |
| Catherine | Smith | Takahashi | Conditional Knock Out of Mus Musculus Fbxl21 | 2009 |
| Dana | Abrassart | Bass | The Weight of Time: Exploring Physiological and Molecular Links Between the Circadian Clock and Metabolism | 2008 |
| Krsna | Rangarajan | Cang | Characterization of Visual Behavior in Two Strains of Mutant Mice Using the Virtual Optomotor Test and the Visual Water Task | 2008 |
| Timothy | Requarth | Allada | Understanding Sleep: A reverse genetics approach to the identification and characterization of novel sleep genes | 2008 |
| Deanna | Williams | Turek | Beyond Anxiety and Depression: Quantifiable sleep-wake traits as an endophenotype for complex psychological disorders | 2008 |
| Matthew | Caufield | Wyrwicz | Evaluation of cationic lipid reagent for the facilitated delivery of Gadolinium-DTPA into glioma cells: A comparison to fluid-phase endocytosis and electroporation | 2008 |
| Anup | Patel | Allada | Identifying Sleep/Circadian Genes in Drosophila | 2007 |