MEMBERS
Jeremy McIntyre, Ph.D.
Craig Meyers
Kalene Jasso
Kalene received her Bachelor’s in Science in Biology and Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017. Her previous research experiences vary from relationship of sleep fragmentation and synaptic plasticity to using bioinformatics to study the diversification of alpine beetle species in regards to climate change. Her current research in the lab focuses on studying the neuromodulatory affects of MCHR1 on olfactory driven and motivated behaviors.
Carlos Ramos
Lindsey Jackson
Lindsey Jackson is a student at the University of Florida expecting to graduate in Spring of 2020. She is majoring in Music in Combination with an Outside Field and hopes to attend medical school. As part of the University Scholars Program, she is
studying viral manipulation of neuronal cilia. She is currently constructing adeno-associated virus vectors to elongate and ablate cilia in specific regions of the brain.
Tyler Ten Eyck
B.S. Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Florida
Planning to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience and continue research as a career path.
The aim of my project is to use transgenic mice in combination with behavioral pharmacology to identify how cilia in mesolimbic neuron populations contribute to cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity and reward. Eventually develop a viral-vector-mediated rescue.
Patty Pozo
My name is Patricia Pozo, I attend UF and I am projected to graduate Fall 2020. I am majoring in biology and minoring in health disparities. My project revolves around discovering if angiotensin receptors can be found in the Olfactory Bulb, which is primarily done by IHC procedures.
Hema Karlapudi
Studying the effects of psychostimulants on cilia length and GPCR localization. Hema is a Microbiology and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience double-major, and is planning on graduating in 2021. She is investigating the impact of drugs on primary cilia length and functioning in the brain.
Magdalena Moskal
Studying the effects of psychostimulants on cilia length and GPCR localization. My name is Maggie Moskal and I am double majoring in Behavioral and Cognitive Science as well as Spanish. I will be graduating UF in Spring 2020. I am working on a project analyzing the effects of cocaine and methamphetamine on primary cilia length in reward centers in mice brains. This project includes tracking motor behaviors before and after drug administration, brain embedding and slicing, and immunostaining sliced brains.
Daniel Arrioja Azuaje
Working on using AAVs for trans-synaptic tracing in collaboration with Dr. Sara Burke’s Lab
Thomas Everrett
Investigating the role of hypothalamic MCH neurons in modulating the olfactory bulb
Gabe Witherell
Role of ciliary localized ADCY3 and development of AAVs for studying ADCY3 function
