The second summer of NEUROCITY concluded with a final poster session on Thursday, August 4. Ten undergraduates from City College of New York (CCNY) presented the projects that they had worked on during the 10-week summer program. NEUROCITY is a partnership between the Neuroscience Diversity Commission at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and CCNY that gives historically marginalized undergraduate students an opportunity to work in neuroscience related research labs at the University of Rochester during the summer.
Nana Wiafe Addae Owusu, CCNY
Mentor: Kuan Hong Wang, PhD
Poster Title: Comparison of labeling methods for dopaminergic innervations in mouse prefrontal cortex
Authors: Nana Wiafe Addae Owusu, Vielka Inoa Santana, Rianne Stowell, Hayley Wnuk, Jackson Pulizzi, Kuan Hong Wang
Vielka Inoa Santana, CCNY
Mentor: Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, PhD
Poster Title: Comparison of labeling methods for dopaminergic innervations in mouse prefrontal cortex
Authors: Nana Wiafe Addae Owusu, Vielka Inoa Santana, Rianne Stowell, Hayley Wnuk, Jackson Pulizzi, Kuan Hong Wang
Alivya Barry, CCNY
Mentor: Karl Rosengren, PhD
Poster Title: Do diagrams help students “think outside the box?”
Authors: Alivya M. Barry, Olympia N. Mathiaparanam, Karl S. Rosengren
Cheko France, CCNY
Mentor: Ed Lalor, PhD
Poster Title: Mapping the spatiotemporal representation of natural spoken language through fMRI scans and semantic processing models
Authors: Cheko G France, Lauren A Szymula, Andrew J Anderson, Edmund C Lalor
Chen Li, CCNY
Mentor: Ian Fiebelkorn, PhD
Poster Title: Theta-rhythmic coordination of working memory
Authors: Chen Li, Miral Abdelaziz, Paul Cavanah, Zach Redding, Lauren Szymula, Ian C. Fiebelkorn
Samuel Ogunyemi, CCNY
Mentor: Mark Buckley, PhD
Poster Title: The effect of trephination on corneal endothelial cell viability
Authors: Samuel Ogunyemi, Alex McMullen, Mark Buckley
Evian Pollack, CCNY
Mentor: Paul Kammermeier, PhD
Poster Title: Screening split inteins for orthogonality and spontaneous association using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) and western blotting
Authors: Evian Pollack-Blackwood, Paul J. Kammermier
Jose Reynoso, CCNY
Mentor: Duje Tadin, PhD
Poster Title: Mechanisms of perceptual decision-making
Authors: Jose Reynoso, Ying Lin, Duje Tadin
Jahdiel Rondon, CCNY
Mentor: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, PhD
Poster Title: Different reinforcement rates to test the screaming lady sound on discrimination of threats
Authors: Jahdiel Rondon, Claire Marino, Pavel Rjabtsenkov, Shreya Bavdekar, Maria Rojas Tawil, Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez
Kaylin Sevilla Lopez, CCNY
Mentor: Julian Meeks, PhD
Poster Title: TBI-induced anosmia, anhedonia, and depression
Authors: Kaylin J. Sevilla Lopez, Bryan Crum, Julian Meeks
Chantel Ynoa, CCNY
Mentor: Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, PhD
Poster Title: Cortical representation of vibrotactile stimuli in awake behaving mice
Authors: Chantel Ynoa, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, Michael Duhain