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Greg Digby
is a 5th year graduate student in
the Nevin Lambert’s lab. The aim of their work is to determine
the molecular mechanisms used by G proteins during signal
transduction. His project is focused on understanding how
effectors (such as ion channels and adenylyl cyclases) are
selectively activated by certain G protein combinations. They
have recently shown that some G proteins physically dissociate
in living cells. Because it is possible that complete physical
dissociation is required for some interactions with effectors,
these studies could help elucidate how G proteins regulate
signal transduction pathways.
Graduate Advisor
Nevin Lambert, PhD |
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Jackie Fonseca is studying LTP-induced synaptic plasticity in the rat hippocampus, specifically ultrastructural changes due to local protein synthesis versus transcription. Jackie graduated from University of South Carolina, Aiken with a B.S. in Biology in 2003. She is a Neuroscience Ph.D.student.
Graduate Advisor
Nevin Lambert, PhD |
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Nagendran Muthusamy
is studying “Purification and proteomic analysis of Dopamine receptor interacting complex.” Nagendran graduated from The American College with a B.S. in Microbiology/Immunology in 2000 and received his M.S. in Biotechnology in 2002 from the Univerity of Madras. He is a Neuroscience Ph.D.student.
Graduate Advisor
Clare Bergson, PhD
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Chris Risher
is looking at the role of dendritic filopodia in spine formation and synaptogenesis in developing hippocampus from an ultrastructural perspective. Chris graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Biology in 2003. He is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student.
Graduate Advisor
Sergei Kirov, PhD |
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Elsie Wong
is studying how singe cells in the primary visual cortex change after learning to discriminate objects. Elsie graduated from Emmanuel College with a B.S. in Pre-Professional Studies in 2003. She is a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience.
Graduate Advisor
David Blake, PhD |
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Tharkika Nagendran
gradImages/S18_10.JPGuated with a B.Sc. in Zoology from University of Madras, Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai, India in 2000 and a M.Sc. in Biotechnology in 2002. She is a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience.
Graduate Advisor
Lori Redmond,
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Hyun Sug (Fred) Kang is studying studying the neuroplasticity associated with working memory in the lateral prefrontal cortex. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in neuroscience in 2005.
Graduate Advisor
David Blake, PhD
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Melissa Laird is investigating the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of traumatic brain injury. She graduated from McGill University with a B.S. in Physiology in 2002 and holds a M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Florida State Unviersity (2006). She is a PhD. student in Neuroscience.
Graduate Advisor
Krishnan Dhandapani, PhD
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Rebecca Nalloor is a PhD student in Neuroscience investigating how emotional memory is encoded and processed by the brain. She graduated from Nagpur University, Maharashtra, India with an MS in Biotechnology in 2004.
Graduate Advisor
Almira Vazdarjanova, PhD |
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Limor Raz is
investigating the mechanisms of estrogen signaling in the female
rat's brain as well as exploring estrogen's neuroprotective role
in an ischemic stroke model. She graduated from Columbus State
University (Columbus, GA.) in 2005 with a B.S. in Pre-med.
Biology. Limor is a Ph.D student in Neuroscience.
Graduate Advisor
Darrell Brann, PhD |
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Kou Qin is working on the protein-protein interaction between G-Protein Coupled Receptor and G-Protein in living cells by taking advantage of confocal microscopy, patch clamping technique and other molecular biology techniques.; He graduated from Huazhong University of Science; Technology (HUST, Wuhan, China.) in 2006 with a B.E. in Biomedical Engineering. I am a Ph.D student in Neuroscience Program.
Graduate Advisor
Nevin Lambert, PhD |
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Kin Lai (Annie) Ting
Graduate Advisor
Lin Mei, PhD
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Christina Wilson
Graduate Advisor
Alvin Terry, PhD |
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Graduated May 2007 |
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Mark Witcher is investigating ultrastructural synaptic changes associated with human epilepsy. Mark graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S in 1997 and a M.S. in 2000 in Ecology. He is a M.D./Ph.D. student in Neuroscience.
Graduate Advisor: Kristen Harris, Ph.D. and Darrell Brann, Ph.D. |
