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Current Members

Catherine Hamilton, PhD student. vision and locomotion project

Nature Communications, in press

Alena Hoover, undergraduate, serotonin project.

Julia Cook, undergraduate, developing an assay to detect neuron degeneration using larval locomotion

Zoe Slepian, undergraduate, vision project

Coleen Osborne, undergraduate, adaptation in locomotion

Cissy Perez , lab technician

Jasmine Le, undergraduate, adaptation in locomotion

Kirsten Arritt , masters student, neuronal tracing

Sarah Hooper, undergraduate, electrophysiological analysis of locomotion/adaptation

Charles Sheehan , high school student, neuronal tracing

Michael Dong , undergraduate, neuronal tracing

Jeff Ahn , undergraduate, neuronal tracing

Andrew Lam, undergraduate, neuronal tracing

 

Alumni

Postdocs

Heather Rieff 1999-2000

Worked in public relations at FASEB before taking job public relations/policy at NINDS

Publications: Development 131:997-1006 (Commentary:Developmental Cell 7:783)

See commentary in Science on career: policy career

 

Yong Yang 2008-2010 Currently doing post-doc at U. Penn

Ning Yang 2008-2009 Currently doing clinical post-doc at UVA

Yogita Shwade 2002-2003 Currently living in India

PhD Students

Jessica Couch 1998-2003

First PhD!; did post-doc in U. Florida before taking job at Genzyme. Currently staff scientist at Genetech

Development 131:997-1006 (Commentary:Developmental Cell 7:783)

Current Biology 12:741-743

 

Paul Sykes 1999-2003 MD/PhD

Finishing Neurology Residency at U. Alabama

Cell and Tissue Research 317:327-331

Development 130: 5557-5558

Developmental Biol. 286:207-216 (featured on cover)

 

John Chen Undergrad 1998-2000, PhD 2004-2009

Doing residency in Neuro-opthamology at U. Iowa.

Complexity 9:15-16

Development 131:997-1006 (Commentary:Developmental Cell 7:783)

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 25: 341-347.

Developmental Biol. 320: 30-38

J Comp Neurology 515: 441-453

 

Elizabeth Daubert 2003-2010; post doc 2010-2011; currently post-doc in Tom Kidds lab

CSH Protocols. 2007: pdb.prot4770

CSH Protocols. 2007:pdb.prot4771

MCN 2010 MCN 44:297-306.

TINS 2010 TINS 33:424-434.

Nature Communications, in press

 

Trisha Vickrey, graduate student (joint with Jill Venton, Chemistry), neuronal physiology, 2006-2012 currently doing MA at Harvard in scicnce policy

Anal Chem. 2009 Nov 15;81(22):9306-13

ACS 2011 2, 723-729

 

 

Xenia Borue 2003-2008 (MD/PhD joint with Jill Venton/Chemistry)

Finishing med school

(2010) J. Neurochem 10:1111 1471-1493

(2009) J. Neuroscience Methods, 179:300-308

2008 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 25: 341-347.

Masters Students

Brad Justice, currently running a local Biotech Firm, Global Cell Solutions

David Ariew, currently working in the condron lab and local movie production company

Rachel Joynes (U. of Bath, UK), doing PhD at UCL

Jenifer Soznowski, lecturer at JMU

Technicians

Nick Macedonia, 2012

Tatiana Gaidamak 2005-2006

Nella Solludakina 2006-2010

Undergraduates

Julia King, undergraduate, larval coma recovery, MSTP student, Mt Sinai

 

Jeremy Louissaint, undergraduate, larval behavior, medical school, Cornell

 

Tom Choi, 2009-2010 Medical School, GWU

 

Ellen Uri 1998-2003 Currently finishing vet school at VT

Development 131:997-1006 (Commentary:Developmental Cell 7:783)

 

Ginny Min, 2003-2005, Web designer in Austin, Texas,

J. Neuroscience Meth. 145:63-72 pdf

 

Aaron McCrady 2008-2010; entered master's program McIntire School of Commerce

 

Steven Busan 2009, entered PhD program at UNC

 

Matt Fifer 2009, entered PhD Program in Johns Hopkins

 

Stephanie Riddle 2004-2008; working in NY

 

Allison Wolfe 2006-2008; Med School Wake Forest

 

Heather Norman, finishing Med School at UVA,

Cell and Tissue Research 317:327-331

 

Zoe MacIsaac, finishing med school at UVA.

 

Joan Noelker, currently finishing med school at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin

 

Saam Dilmaghani, currently at Med School, UVEMS

 

Stephanie Cooper, 2005-2007, Med School UVA

J. Neuroscience Methods, 179:300-308

 

Elisabeth Greer 1999-2002. Completed PhD at UCSF and now doing post-doc at UNC

 

 

George Hsu 1998-1999. Entered Medical School at UVA 2000. Now practices anesthesiology.

 

James Thomas 1999-2000. Entered Medical Scientist Training Program at UVA, 2001. Entering Cardio residency at UCSF 2010

 

John Chen 1999-2000. Entered Medical Scientist Training Program at UVA, 2001.,

Development 131:997-1006 (Commentary:Developmental Cell 7:783)

 

Jason Porter 2000-2002. Entered Medical School at MCV, 2002.

 

Ranmali Bopitaliya 2000-2002.

 

High School students

Amy Hidalgo 2010

Tom Choi 2006 entred UVA Neuroscience DMP, now at GWU Med School

Brian Chen 2009

Travis Marshal Roth 2009 now undergrad at Notre Dame

Mona Badr 2010 Entering Virginia Tech, 2010