CORE GRADUATE STUDENTS
Aman
Aman Upadhyay is a graduate student in the Neuroscience PhD program. His current project looks at the role of specific interneuron classes in recovery of motor behavior following spinal cord injury.
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Nofar
Nofar Engelhard is a graduate student in the Neuroscience PhD program. Matriculating as from being the first rotating graduate student in the lab, she is interested in the corticospinal projections that extend from the sensory cortex and innervate the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Her project involves characterization of these inputs as well as identification of their functional role in the perception of touch.
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ROTATING GRADUATE STUDENTS
Spring 2019 - Chris
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Chris O'Brien led efforts to characterize oxytocin in the Spinal Cord - the surprising role this hormone plays, locally affecting social tactile perceptions. After months of progress - novel mouse husbandry, motion sequencing behavior, immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, and statistical analyses - Chris presented his findings to Lawrence P. Schramm, PhD - Johns Hopkins Professor Emeritus and autonomic nervous system expert.
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Fall 2018 - Branden
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Branden Sanabria is a Neuroscience PhD graduate candidate. Scientifically passionate, creative, and enigmatic; his pursuits deeply delve into the social bonding underlying every human's barrier.
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