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NSC Thesis Proposal - The Neurobiology of Inhibitory Control in HIV+ Individuals with a History of Cocaine Dependence

Kathryn-Mary Wakim-Takaki - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: John Foxe

 Oct 05, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

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NSC Thesis Proposal - Analyzing the redox/fyn/c-Cbl pathway in Glioblastoma multiforme: a mechanistic approach

Neal Shah - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Mark Noble

 Sep 28, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal - Regulation of O-2A/OPC cell fate decisions via the Redox/Fyn/c-Cbl (RFC) pathway

Yunpeng Pang - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisors: Mark Noble

 Sep 26, 2018 @ 2:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium, 3-7619

NSC Thesis Proposal - Do connectional gradients in the basal nucleus of the primate amygdala map onto age- and experience-dependent cellular gradients?

Alexandra McHale - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Julie Fudge

 Sep 24, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal - The role of feedback from ventral CA1 of the hippocampus to the main olfactory bulb in sensory processing

Emily Warner - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan

 Sep 14, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-7619 Adolph (Lower) Auditorium

NSC Thesis Proposal - Memory and Integration of Faces and Vocalizations in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex: Functional Organization and Neural Mechanisms

Shraddha Shah
Advisior: Liz Romanski
- Ph.D. Candidate

 Jul 19, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal - Modulating Microglial Phagocytosis and Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: Investigating a Role for Axl

Laura Owlett - Ph.D. Candidate
Advisors: John Olschowka & Kerry O'Banion

 Jun 13, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium (2-6424)

The Dynamic Role of SOX2 in Mammalian Inner Ear Development

Aleta Steevens - PhD Candidate - Neuroscience, Advisor: Dr. Amy Kiernan

 Apr 16, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

Lung-brain Coupling Regulates Neurovascular Responses to Focal Stroke

Kathleen Gates
Advisor: Marc Halterman
- Ph.D. Candidate

 Mar 06, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-7619 (Adolph Auditorium)

Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program

NSC Thesis Proposal: The Interaction Between 16p11.2 Deletion and Gestational Iron Deficiency in the Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Garrick Salois
Advisor: Margot Mayer-Proschel
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Nov 16, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Arterial Hypertension and its Effect on Fluid Homeostasis and Amyloid Clearance in the Brain: Perivascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Humberto Mestre
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Nov 15, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

NSC Thesis Defense: Notch and BMP Signaling Ligands in Ocular Development: An Analysis of Altered Spatiotemporal Expression and Gene Dosage

Rebecca Rausch
Advisors: Richard Libby & Amy Kiernan
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Nov 03, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Ameliorating Alzheimer’s Disease tau pathology through immunomodulation: A novel role for interleukin 4 and glatiramer acetate

Dawling Dionisio-Santos
Advisors: Kerry O'Banion & John Olschowka
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Oct 04, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple Auditorium

NSC Thesis Defense: Targeting Neuronal Function to Restore Motor Control Following Contusion Spinal Cord Injury

Heather Natola
Advisor: Chris Proschel
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Oct 03, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: An Investigation into the Genetic Mechanism Behind FOXO3's Role in Outer Hair Cell Preservation and Cochlear Recovery After Noise Exposure

Holly Beaulac
Advisor: Patricia White
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Sep 28, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Purinergic Signalling in Mediating the Dynamics of Microglia Repopulation Following Depletion in the Adult Cortex in vivo

Monique Mendes
Advisor: Ania Majewska
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Sep 21, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-7534

NSC Thesis Defense: Extracellular Ions and Volume Regulation in Brain States

John O'Donnell
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Jul 17, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Mechanisms and Limitations of Visual Recovery in Cortical Blindness

Matthew Cavanaugh
Advisor: Krystel Huxlin
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Jul 17, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

NSC Thesis Defense: Extracellular Ions and Volume Regulations in Brain States

John O'Donnell
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Jul 10, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6409)

NSC Thesis Defense: Studies of Na+-K+-2Cl-- cotransporter1 function in central nerves system in health and disease

Xiaowei Wang
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Apr 17, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6409)

NSC Thesis Defense: Developmental Changes in Astrocytic Calcium Signaling and Microcirculatory Failure in the Setting of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Role for Potassium

Evan McConnell
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Apr 12, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Lung-Brain Immunological Coupling Mediates Neutrophil De-Priming and Neuroprotection Following Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion

Nguyen Mai
Advisor: Marc Halterman
- Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Apr 10, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple Auditorium

NSC Thesis Defense: The molecular signaling pathways controlling apoptotic retinal ganglion cell death after axonal injury

Stephanie Syc-Mazurek - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Mar 27, 2017 @ 10:30 a.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

NSC Thesis Defense: Assessment of the Involvement of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cell Death Pathways in Retinal Ganglion Cell Death after Excitotoxic Injury

Berkeley Fahrenthold - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Mar 20, 2017 @ 1:15 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: The Genetic Sex of the Sensory Neuron ADF Confers Pheromone Attraction in C. elegans

Kelli Fagan - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Jan 23, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-9576 Case Method Room

NSC Thesis Defense: The Role of Astrocytic Transglutaminase 2 in mediating Cellular Viability Processes

Julianne Feola - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Defense

 Jan 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6409)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Resting State Functional Connectivity in Focal Embouchure Dystonia

Aimee Morris - PhD Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Oct 17, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Cranial irradiation causes dendritic spine loss that is microglial complement receptor 3-dependent and associated with cognitive impairment

Joshua Hinkle - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Oct 04, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6409)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Diametric control of microglial phenotype by Mafb and PU.1 during HIV-1 infection

Patrick Miller-Rhodes - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Sep 29, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: The transcription regulator Lmo3 is required for correct cell fate specification in the external globus pallidus

Shiona Biswas - Ph.D. Candidate

 Sep 28, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple Auditorium

NSC Thesis Proposal: Human herpesvirus 6 latency gene product alters critical oligodendrocyte precursor cell functions: Implications for demyelinating disease

Jessica Hogestyn - Ph.D. Candidate

NSC Thesis Proposal

 Sep 22, 2016 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC PhD Thesis Proposal: Task Modulation of Optic Flow Analysis: Neural and Neuronal Mechanisms

Colin Lockwood - PhD Candidate

 Aug 02, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Charles Duffy

NSC PhD Thesis Defense: Targeting a network of cancer control nodes through rescue of c-Cbl; A novel therapeutic approach for Glioblastoma multiforme

Jennifer Stripay - PhD Candidate

 Jul 25, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Mark Noble

NSC PhD Thesis Defense: β-adrenergic activation constrains breast cancer progression and modulates tumor-associated exosomes

Ryan Dawes - PhD Candidate

 Jul 18, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Ed Brown & Kelley Madden

NSC PhD Thesis Proposal: Noradrenergic modulation of microglial dynamics and synaptic plasticity

Rianne Stowell - PhD Candidate

 Jul 14, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Ania Majewska

NSC PhD Thesis Defense: The Role of Microglia and Fractalkine Signaling in Experience-dependent Synaptic Plasticity

Rebecca Lowery - PhD Candidate

 Jul 07, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Ania Majewska

NSC Thesis Defense: Contributions of Striatum and Orbitofrontal Cortex to Flexible Rule-Based Decision Making

Brianna Sleezer

 May 20, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Behavioral Evidence for Motion Specific Processing in the Auditory System

Christina Cloninger

 Apr 07, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple Auditorium

NSC Thesis Defense: The Role of P2Y12 in Non-Pathological Microglial Functions during Synaptic Plasticity

Grayson Sipe

 Feb 19, 2016 @ 1:15 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: The Contribution of CCR2+ Mononuclear Cells and Resident Microglia to Interleukin-1β Mediated Amyloid Beta Plaque Clearance

Fatima Rivera-Escalera

 Nov 02, 2015 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Mechanisms of Endothelin-Induced Retinal Ganglion Cell Death

Stephanie Syc

 Sep 14, 2015 @ 1:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Role of Lung-Brain Coupling in Neutrophil Priming and Reperfusion Injury Following Global Cerebral Ischemia

Nguyen Mai

 Sep 01, 2015 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Head Movement Control During Visual Pursuit

Adam Pallus

 Jul 01, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Studies of Astrocytes Using Gene Expression Analysis

Wei Sun

 Jun 29, 2015 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Selectively Enhancing Clearance of Pathological Tau Through the Use of Phytochemical Compounds

Adrianne Chesser

 Jun 10, 2015 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: The Role of Tau and Amyloid-Beta in Alzheimer's Disease-Related Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Excitotoxicity

Susanne Pritchard Pallo

 May 19, 2015 @ 2:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Requirement for LIM-homeodomain Transcription Factor LHX9 in the Differentiation of Amacrine Cell Subtypes

Revathi Balasubramanian

 Nov 07, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Neuronal Transglutaminase 2 in Ischemic Stroke

Laura Yunes-Medina

 Oct 01, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Mechanisms of Retinal Cell Death Following Excitotoxic Injury

Berkeley Fahrenthold

 Sep 30, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Dissecting the Roles of Notch and BMP Signaling in Anterior Segment Dysgenesis

Rebecca Rausch

 Sep 29, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Restoring Nervous System Function: Using Astrocytes to Breathe New Life into Damaged Neurons

Heather Natola

 Sep 24, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 1-7619 (Adolph Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Properties of Training-Induced Visual Recovery in Cortical Blindness

Matthew Cavanaugh

 Sep 22, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Proposal: From Specifying Sensory Progenitors to Promoting Neurogenesis: Elucidating the Role of Dynamic SOX2 Expression in Mammalian Inner Ear Development

Aleta Steevens

 Sep 15, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Functional Hyperemia in Cerebral Capillaries

Helen Wei

 Jun 24, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Impulsivity in Parkinson Disease

Imran Punekar

 Jun 19, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Helen Wood Hall | 1 W304

NSC Thesis Defense: GPi is Involved at Multiple Levels in Selection and Inhibition of Competing Motor Behaviors

Irina Statnikova

 Apr 14, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: Changes in Exploratory Behavior and Cell Proliferation in the Amygdala Following Repeated Variable Stress in Male Rats: Focus on Adolescence

Michele Saul

 Apr 07, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Astrocytes in Noradrenaline Mediated Attenuation of Motor Tics

Evan McConnell

 Mar 10, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: The Effect of Sustained Overexpression of Interleukin-1Β on Pathology in Murine Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Tauopathy

Simantini Ghosh

 Dec 12, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Building the Network: Restoration of c-Cbl Function as a Critical Therapeutic Target in Glioblastoma Multiforme that Integrates Multiple Nodes of Cancer Control

Jennifer L. Stripay

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Defense: The JNK Pathway is a Critical Regulator of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death Following Axonal Injury

Kimberly Fernandes

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: An Extended Amygdala Path with Implications for Early Life Stress

Danielle deCampo

 Nov 01, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

NSC Thesis Proposal: Na+-K+-Cl- Cotransporter-1 Up-regulation Mediates Early Seizure Activities Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Xiaowei Wang

 Oct 07, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)