PhD Candidate:  Michael Gongwer Mentor:  Laura DeNardo, PhD Title:  Cell type-specific mechanisms driving the rapid antidepressant effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation  

Neuroscience Dissertation Defense PhD Candidate:  Elisa Fazzari Mentor:  Dr. Aparna Bhaduri Title: From Lineage Architecture to Immune Landscape: Frameworks for Rational Therapeutic Targeting in Glioblastoma  

Kenin Qian, a PhD candidate of the Genetics and Genomics Home Area in the Department of Human Genetics, will defend his dissertation on " Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in Respiratory Pathogen Detection” on Thursday, April 30, at 12:00pm PST   PhD Candidate:  Kenin Qian Mentor:  Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD Title:  Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in […]

PhD Candidate:  Sara Blagburn Blanco Mentor: Laura DeNardo, PhD Title: Sex-dependent effects of early life adversity on avoidance behavior, nucleus accumbens spine development, and microglial maturation

PhD Candidate:  Max Melin Mentor: Anne Churchland, PhD Title:  Behavioral state, movements, and decision-making across timescales

PhD Candidate:  Martina Cavallini Mentor: Yirong Peng, PhD Title:  Cell surface proteomic atlas decodes the molecular logic of retinal identity and synaptic function

PhD Candidate:  Natalie Hawken Mentor: Dr. Dan Geschwind Title: Modeling Microglia-Neuronal Crosstalk in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

PhD Candidate:  Dimitri Cadet Title: Investigating oncogene-driven phenotypic plasticity and therapeutic vulnerabilities in glioblastoma

PhD Candidate: Michael Margolis Mentor: Dr. Dan Geschwind and Dr. Michael Gandal Title: Computational Mapping of Neuropsychiatric Risk across Neurodevelopment at Gene and Isoform-Level Resolution