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| Chris Makinson |
| Postdoctoral fellow |
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| My research focuses on understanding the role of voltage-gated sodium channels in epilepsy with a particular emphasis on determining how mutations in sodium channel genes can alter thalamocortical activity. To this end, I am applying slice physiology, two photon imaging, and optogenetics to examine this question at the synaptic, cellular, and circuit levels. |
| Chris Factoids |
| I am an avid zymurgist. |
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| Katlin Villar |
| Research Assistant |
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| Jordan Sorokin |
| Graduate Student |
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| I’m using imaging and extracellular recording techniques to study the dynamics and interplay between populations of neurons during state switches such as seizures, and to determine if those dynamics can be modified. |
| Jordan Factoids |
| I have an album. |
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| Sally Kim |
| Research Associate |
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| I am interested in the role of Shank3 in regulating the dynamic assembly and functional changes of synapses to modify circuits and transmit and store information. By integrating cellular, molecular and imaging techniques with hiPSCs and new technologies, I would like to translate this understanding to develop pharmacotherapies to restore cognitive function for neurodevelopmental disorders. |
| Sally Factoids |
| My left hippocampus is larger than my right. |
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| Tanya Weerakkody |
| postdoctoral fellow |
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| I am interested in understanding how inflammation can modify cortical activity within the context of early brain insult (maternal infection) and later injury (stroke). I am using intracellular and extracellular multi-electrode recordings in slice in combination with neuronal tracing techniques to identify both functional and structural alterations to cortical networks. |
| Tanya Factoids |
| I consider karaoke a competitive sport. |
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| Huong Ha |
| Graduate Student |
| Research Topic |
| Huong is most interested in exploring how molecules being implicated in autism spectrum disorders, such as Shank3, regulate synaptic transmission, plasticity and network activity. Her tool kits include molecular biology, electrophysiology, functional and structural imaging.
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| Huong Factoids |
| Huong’s name in Vietnamese means “delicate fragrance”. And her parents named her after a fragrant company that…..bankrupted the year she was born (hopefully with a more optimistic thought at the time). |
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| Austin Reese |
| postdoctoral fellow |
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| Jessica Wong |
| Research Assistant |
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| I am interested in the effects of maternal inflammation on neural excitability and structure of cortical networks in select brain regions. I am applying extracellular multi-electrode recordings and neuronal tracing techniques to study these changes. |
| Jessica Factoids |
| I have quick, cat-like reflexes. Meow! |
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| Juliet Knowles |
| Pediatric Neurology Research Fellow |
| Research Topic |
| I am studying the effects of seizures on white matter development in collaborative work with Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, using both genetic models of epilepsy and optogenetics techniques. I have also investigated how metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate thalamocortical circuits, using multi-channel field potential recordings in brain slices from rat models of absence epilepsy. |
| Juliet Factoids |
| I ran the Boston Marathon (a long time ago) |
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| Michelle Fogerson |
| postdoctoral fellow |
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