sorry, I haven’t slept much
– Said Joey and thought every first year, ever
As far as I know, no one truly likes the quarter system. The constraints of the 10 week time frame is felt most acutely by the first years. The amount of time you have to collect data in a rotation feels miniscule. We are talking two, maybe four weeks if you and your lab are prepared. Yet data always is collected just in time for the talks.
Today, across two sessions, the twelve current first years debuted on the graduate school stage. Below is a brief summary of the work presented. Every presentation was very well presented and full of well-designed slides.
With that, first quarter is done
– Lindzi Wessel, Martinez-Cerdeno lab: the impact of autism on spine morphology in prefrontal cortex
– Anna Kreutz, Lein lab: the impact of organic phosphates on the density of synapse
– Joey Broussard, Trimmer lab: explored the interaction kv2 receptors and AMIGO-1
– David Grayson, Berman lab: explored inducable pathology in FXTAS mouse model
– Abby Laman-Maharg, Trainor lab: the impact of social stress on depression markers in the mouse brain
– Deepa Ramamurthy, Krubitzer lab: the impact of environmental stimuli on the development of visual acuity
– Abbie Popa, Bauman lab: evaluated lateral ventricle volumes in the immune activation model of autism
– Sarah White, Wiltgen lab: piloted a behavioral assay of memory consolidation in mice
– Ali Izadi, Ekstrom lab: the impact of lateral fluid percussion traumatic brain injury on hippocampal theta oscillations
– Amber Schedlbauer, Ekstrom lab: evaluated differences in functional connectivity for successful and unsuccessful memory retrieval
– Megan Tillman, DeCarli lab: the impact of dementia on the functional connectivity in visual cortex
– Joe Huff, Goldman lab: tested a model of retinal ganglion neurons’ intrinsic properties
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Hear, hear!