members

Jeremy McIntyre, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

352-294-8266
jmcin@ufl.edu
Jeremy’s CV

Kalene Jasso

Biomed Sciences/Neuroscience Graduate Student

kalene.jasso@ufl.edu

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.

Brian Lee

McIntyre/Abisambra Lab Graduate Student

Brian is a UF PhD student in the neuroscience program rotating in the lab, joining the lab in a joined venture with Abisambra Lab. Brian is leading some new projects into how neurodegenerative processes affect cilia.

Thomas Everrett

Laboratory Technician

As a 2019 SNIP student to nvestigated the role of hypothalamic MCH neurons in modulating the olfactory bulb. Tom joins the lab having finished his B.S. at the University of Colorado, Denver, and will be leading studies on the role of neuronal cilia in behavioral responses to drugs of abuse.

Rodrigo Tomas

Neuroscience PhD Student

Amanda Shelowitz

UF undergraduate research assistant

Sofia Stansbury

Laboratory Technician

Sofia graduated with her B.S. from UF in 2021.

Alana Starr

UF undergraduate research assistant

Dr. Kelly DeMars

Postdoctoral Scholar

#Pdawg

The Lab Lab

The most senior member of the groups, Pdawg is a spunky mutt, who combines a highly motivated (food) drive with a quick learning can do attitude. A lover of longer runs and novel smells, she keeps the boss company while working from home, mostly by making sure the bed doesn’t move.

#BigFluff

Lab enforcer

In memory of the the lab heavy.

Lab Alumni – Undergraduate Students

Hema Karlapudi

2018-2021

Patty Pozo

2018-2020

Graduated 2020. Beginning medical school at the University of Miami in fall of 2021.

Viktor Beilman

Dec 2019-March 2020

Visited from Marc Spehr’s at Aachen University and currently pursuing his MS there.

Magdalena Moskal

2019-2020

Graduated BS. 2020 Now at the University of South Carolina, Clinical Psychology PhD.

Lindsey Jackson

2017-2020

Graduated 2020. University Scholars Program Recipient
Current: Applying to medical schools

Ally Firek

2017-2019

Graduated 2021. A University Scholars Program student, Ally earned 2nd Runner-Up for her 2019 Biology Senior Thesis
Currently attending medical school at FIU.