Neuroscience Alumni
Name | Affiliation(s) | Lab | Links | Research | |
Nii Addy | INP | Picciotto | nii.addy@yale.edu | ||
Michael Akins | INP | Greer | michael.akins@yale.edu | Cadherins in the developing olfactory system | |
Kazuto Ataka | INP | Pieribone | kazuto.ataka@yale.edu | Development of a genetically targetable optical reporter of membrane potential | |
Mark Baccei | INP | Kocsis | mark.baccei@yale.edu | ||
Christopher Baker | INP | Manuelidis | christopher.baker@yale.edu | Microglial gene expression in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease | |
Andy Bellemer | INP | Koelle | andrew.bellemer@yale.edu | ||
Genevieve Bender | INP | Small | genevieve.bender@yale.edu | ||
Rachel Berman | INP | Blumenfeld | rachel.berman@yale.edu | ||
Linda Bi | MD-PhD Neurobiology | Matthews | linda.bi@yale.edu | The role of BEHAB/brevican in gliomas | |
Sarah Bhagat | INP | Strittmatter | Nogo Receptor 1 limits plasticity in the adult brain | ||
Shari Birnbaum | INP | Arnsten | shari.birnbaum@yale.edu | The effect of protein kinase C and protein kinase A intracellular signaling mechanisms on prefrontal cognitive function during stress | |
Iris Bonilla | INP | Strittmatter | iris.bonilla@yale.edu | SPRIAA is expressed by axotomized neurons and promotes axonal outgrowth | |
Jennifer Bourne | INP | Pieribone | jennifer.bourne@yale.edu | Actin and actin-binding proteins in neurotransmission | |
Avis Brennan Hains | Neurobiology | Arnsten | avis.brennan@yale.edu | ||
Christopher Cantener | INP | Sigworth | christopher.cantener@yale.edu | 3-D reconstruction of the maxi K channel | |
Allison Carey | MD-PhD | Carlson | allison.carey@yale.edu | ||
Jennifer Chao | INP | Nestler | jennifer.chao@yale.edu | Characterization of the mouse adenylyl cyclase type VIII gene promoter: regulation by cAMP and CREB | |
Matt Colonnese | INP | Constantine-Paton | matthew.colonnese@yale.edu | The NMDA receptor as mediator of synaptic elimination in the developing superior colliculus | |
Kathy Dave | INP | Bordey | kathy.egan@yale.edu | ||
Denise Davis | INP | Strittmatter | denise.davis@yale.edu | ||
Katie Fink | INP | Cafferty | kathren.fink@yale.edu | Identification of novel modulators of intrinsic CNS axon growth | |
Doug Davis | MD-PhD | Pieribone | douglas.davis@yale.edu | Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of whisker-evoked responses in the mouse somatosensory system | |
Scott Floyd | INP | De Camilli | scott.floyd@yale.edu | Amphiphysin: an aptly named molecule? | |
Adam Frost | MD-PhD | Unger | adam.frost@yale.edu | ||
Darlene Gabeau | INP | Greer | darlene.gabeau@yale.edu | Targeting of pre- and post-synaptic proteins to granule cell dendritic spines | |
Sharmin Ghaznazi | MD-PhD | Johnson | sharmin.ghaznavi@yale.edu | ||
Keith Gipson | MD-PhD | Yeckel | keith.gipson@yale.edu | ||
Julie Golomb | INP | Chun | Website | julie.golomb@yale.edu | Neural mechanisms of attention, working memory, and eye movements |
Shannon Gourley | INP | Taylor | shannon.gourley@yale.edu | Role of amygdalohippocampal BDNF/GluR1 in persistent depressive-like behavior | |
Tadzia Grandpré | INP | Strittmatter | tadzia.grandpre@yale.edu | Nogo: A molecular determinant of axon growth and regeneration | |
Danielle Guez | MD-PhD | Picciotto | danielle.guez@yale.edu | ||
Ming Guo | INP | Dohlman | ming.guo@yale.edu | Gpa1 signaling and its effectors | |
Muhamed Hadzipasic M | INP | Horwich | muhamed.hadzipasic@yale.edu | ||
Anna Hagenston | Neurobiology | Yeckel | anna.hagenston@yale.edu | ||
Bilal Haider | Neurobiology | McCormick | bilal.haider@yale.edu | ||
Elissa Halleim | INP | Carlson | elissa.hallem@yale.edu | The role of odorant receptors in odor coding | |
Chris Heath | INP | Picciotto | christopher.heath@yale.edu | ||
Sam Hernandez | INP | Koleske | samuel.hernandez@yale.edu | Role of Arg nonreceptor tyrosine kinase in synaptic plasticity | |
Ginger Hoffman | INP | Dohlman | ginger.hoffman@yale.edu | Modulation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisae | |
Nicole Horst | INP | Laubach | nicole.horst@yale.edu | ||
Richard Hsu | MD-PhD | Duman | richard.hsu@yale.edu | Role of the melanocortin-4 receptor in mediating drug reward | |
Chou Hung | INP | Roe | chou.hung@yale.edu | Brightness computation and inherent biases in cortical circuitry | |
Josh Hunsberger | INP | Duman | josh.hunsberger@yale.edu | Mining exercise regulated targets and determining their effects on animal models of depression and neurogenesis | |
Lu Jin | Neurobiology | ||||
Matt B. Johnson | Neurobiology | Sestan | matthew.b.johnson@yale.edu | ||
Warren Jones | INP | Klin | warren.jones@yale.edu | ||
Takatoshi Karasawa | INP | Lombroso | takatoshi.karasawa@yale.edu | Frizzled-9 is activated by Wnt-2 and functions in Wnt/b-catenin signaling | |
Ji-Eun Kim | INP | Strittmatter | ji-eun.kim@yale.edu | In Vivo interactions of Nogo and Nogo receptor | |
Eyal Kimchi | MD-PhD | Laubach | eyal.kimchi@yale.edu | ||
Josh Klein | INP | Waxman | joshua.klein@yale.edu | ||
Zoe Klein | INP | Strittmatter | zoe.klein@yale.edu | Regulation of TDP-43 by Progranulin and Sortilin | |
Matt Kleinman | Neurobiology | Lee | Temporal processing and multitasking in prefrontal cortex | ||
Dilja Krueger | INP | Nairn | dilja.krueger@yale.edu | A role for reelin at the synapse; effects on synaptic signaling and behavior in cortex and hippocampus | |
Ken Kwan | INP | Sestan | kenneth.kwan@yale.edu | ||
Ben Lacar | INP | Bordey | benjamin.lacar@yale.edu | ||
Evelyn Lambe | INP | Aghajanian | evelyn.lambe@yale.edu | Glutamate release from thalamocortical terminals in frontal cortex: Differential mechanisms of modulation by nicotine and serotonin | |
Nikki Larter | INP | Carlson | nikki.k.larter@gmail.com | Localization and function of Drosophila odorant binding proteins | |
Kresmir Letinic | INP | Rakic | kresimir.letinic@yale.edu | ||
Brian Lipscomb | INP | Greer | brian.lipscomb@yale.edu | Differential localization of glycoproteins in olfactory receptor neurons | |
Lou Marotti | INP | Dohlman | lou.marotti@yale.edu | Regulation of G protein signaling by post-translational protein modifications | |
Arjun Masurkar | MD-PhD | Chen | arjun.masurkar@yale.edu | ||
John McGann | INP | Brown | john.mcgann@yale.edu | Late-spiking neurons in perirhinal cortex and the lateral nucleus of the amygdala: Properties, mechanisms, and functions | |
Paulette McRae | Neurobiology | Matthews | paulette.mcrae@yale.edu | Activity-dependent regualtion of the perineuronal net component of the extracellular matrix | |
Nelson Medeiros | INP | Forscher | nelson.medeiros@yale.edu | Role of ERM in the rearrangement of the cortical actin structure of Aplysia growth cones | |
Becky Meier-Klein | INP | Howe | rebecca.meier-klein@yale.edu | Can the lurcher mutation reveal the function of a conserved GluR protein sequence? | |
Ed Meloni | INP | Davis | edward.meloni@yale.edu | Dopaminergic modulation of motor reflexes: Studies with the acoustic startle response in rats | |
Jed Meltzer | INP | Constable | jed.meltzer@yale.edu | Task-induced deactivation and the role of rhythmic slow activity in human cognition | |
Mitra Miri | INP | Cardin | mitra.miri@yale.edu | The contribution of specific classes of inhibitory interneurons in balancing excitatory/inhibitory input in the cortex | |
Kumar Narayanan | MD-PhD | Laubach | kumar.narayanan@yale.edu | ||
Alyssa Nylander M | INP | Hafler | alyssa.nylander@yale.edu | ||
Emily Osterweil | INP | Mooseker | emily.osterweil@yale.edu | Role of myosins in the nervous system | |
Katherine Owuor | INP | Strittmatter | katherine.martushova@yale.edu | ||
James Park | MD-PhD | Strittmatter | j.park@yale.edu | ||
Angela Purcell | INP | Carew | angela.purcell@yale.edu | The role of tyrosine kinases in different forms of plasticity in Aplysia californica | |
Reba Rabenstein | INP | Picciotto | rebecca.rabenstein@yale.edu | The role of adducins, actin-regulating proteins, in synaptic plasticity | |
David Ross | INP | Gore | david.ross@yale.edu | ||
James Schafer | INP | Rothman | vulture@evilscience.net | Mixture encoding in the olfactory bulb probed with fMRI | |
André Schmandke | INP | Strittmatter | andre.schmandke@yale.edu | Visiting student from Germany | |
Antonio Schmandke | INP | Strittmatter | antonio.schmandke@yale.edu | Visiting student from Germany | |
Eric Schmidt | INP | Strittmatter | eric.schmidt@yale.edu | The role of Collapsin-Response-Mediator-Protein (CRMP) in Sema3A signaling and axon guidance | |
Rob Sears | INP | DiLeone | robert.sears@yale.edu | The role of MCH signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens in reinforcing behaviors | |
Keith Shafritz | INP | Shaywitz/Gore | keith.shafritz@yale.edu | The functional neural correlates of attention in ADHD and normal adolescents | |
Tamara Shaw | MD-PhD | Nestler | tamara.shaw@yale.edu | Transcription factors in drug addiction: Mapping the roles of CREB and dFosB in neuroadaptation following chronic drug administration | |
Doug Sheridan | INP | douglas.sheridan@yale.edu | |||
Mike Singer | INP | Shepherd | michael.singer@yale.edu | Olfactory receptor proteins: Computer analysis to probe differential interactions with scent molecules | |
Caitlin Smith | INP | Howe | caitlin.smith@yale.edu | Properties of AMPA and kainate receptors in developing cerebellar granule cells in situ | |
Derek Snyder | INP | Bartoshuk | derek.snyder@yale.edu | ||
Rebecca Steiner | INP | Picciotto | steiner_rebecca@hotmail.com | Drug self-administration in the mouse and the molecular consequences of nicotine in neurons | |
John Strumbos | INP | Kaczmarek | john.strumbos@yale.edu | Potassium channel dysregulation in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome | |
Mike Sutton | INP | Carew | michael.sutton@yale.edu | Behavioral, cellular and molecular analysis of intermediate-term memory in Aplysia | |
Matt Townsend | INP | Constantine-Paton | matthew.townsend@yale.edu | Activity dependent regulation of NMDA receptors | |
Nataliya Uboha | INP | Picciotto | nataliya.uboha@yale.edu | Identifying interacting partners of CaMKI via a yeast two-hybrid approach | |
Nicole Ullrich | MD-PhD | nicole.ullrich@yale.edu | |||
Susheel Vijayraghavan | Neurobiology | Arensten | susheel.vijayraghavan@yale.edu | Physiological actions and signaling mechanisms of dopamine D1-D5 receptor modulation of working memory circuitry in prefrontal cortex | |
Christian Von Hehn | INP | Jordt | christian.vonhehn@yale.edu | ||
Jen Warner-Schmidt | INP | Duman | jschmidt@mail.rockefeller.edu | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mediates neurogenic and behavioral responses to antidepressants | |
Rob Wickham | INP | Addy | robert.wickham@yale.edu | Ventral tegmental area nicotine receptor regulation of phasic dopamine release | |
Mary Whitman | MD-PhD Neurobiology | Greer | mary.whitman@yale.edu | Adult Neurogenesis: Neuronal Diversity, Migration and Integration into Synaptic Circuits | |
Cicely Williams | MD-PhD | Lavik | cicely.williams@yale.edu | ||
Dan Wolf | INP | Russell | daniel.wolf@yale.edu | Opiate addiction and neural plasticity: Regulation of neurotrophic intracellular signaling pathways by chronic morphine | |
Lei Xu | INP | Xu | lei.xu@yale.edu | Characterization of atrophin protein family using Drosophila model organism | |
Yvonne Yang | MD-PhD | Strittmatter | yvonne.yang@yale.edu | The role of Nogo, an inhibitor of neurite outgrowth, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
Andrea Yao | INP | Carlson | andrea.yao@yale.edu | ||
Ken Yoon | INP | Keshishian | kenneth.yoon@yale.edu | Developmental plasticity at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction | |
Paul Yuan | Neurobiology | Grutzendler | Regulation of amyloid plaque compaction and local neurotoxicity by a microglia barrier | ||
Zhihao Zhang | INP | Levy | zhihao.zhang@yale.edu | Value processing in the human brain and its link to obesity |