Recent Dissertation Titles

Listed below are the dissertation thesis titles authored by doctoral degree conferees in the past two academic years. Titles are listed with student’s name and mentor. 

"Remodeling of the Axonal and Synaptic Projectome in the Whole Brain and Cervical Spinal Cord following Motor Cortex Stroke"
Katherine Poinsatte
Mentors: Mark Goldberg, Helen Lai, and Denise Ramirez
 
"The Role of Stac3 in Neuromuscular Synapse Elimination and Maturation"
Ambar Cajigas Hernandez
Mentor: Weichun Lin
 
"GABA Co-release from Excitatory Pallidal Projections to the Lateral Habenula Controls Depression-related Behaviors"
Natalia Rodriguez-Sosa
Mentor: Steven Shabel
 
"The Contributions of Cerebellar RCrus1 to Social Behaviors, Cognition, and Tau-related Dementias"
Lidiette Angeles Perez
Mentor: Peter Tsai
 
"Cell Type Specific Roles of FOXP1 in Neocortical Development"
Ana Ortiz
Mentor: Genevieve Konopka
 
"AVN: A Deep Learning Approach for the Analysis of Birdsong"
Therese Koch
Mentor: Todd Roberts
 
"A Novel Role For The Cerebellar Domain, Paraflocculus, In ASD-relevant Behavior"
Brianna Ramirez
Mentor: Peter Tsai
 
"The role of Nocturnin, the NADP(H) Phosphatase, in Oxidative Stress Mediated Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration"
Anne Ojo
Mentor: Carla Green
 
"The Roles and Regulators of TOP2B in the Neuronal Genome"
Lance Heady
Mentor: Ram Madabhushi
 
"Raised without KIBRA"
Robert Pendry
Mentor: Brad Pfeiffer
 
"The Role of Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons in the Pathophysiology of Dystonia"
Caitlin Leedy
Mentor: William Dauer
 
"Cell Type-Specific Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in the Human Temporal Cortex Ex Vivo"
Haley Moore
Mentors: Genevieve Konopka and Bradley Lega
 
"Foxp1 as a Regional and Subtype-Specific Regulator of Postnatal Forebrain Development"
Rachael Vollmer
Mentor: Genevieve Konopka
 
"Testing the Functional Encoding of Zebra Finch Song Production in Heterogenous Motor Circuits"
Harshida Pancholi
Mentor: Todd Roberts
 
"The Cerebellum's Emerging Role in Cognitive Behaviors and Alzheimer's Disease"
Yoheilly Velazquez Gonzalez
Mentor: Peter Tsai
 
"Mechanisms and Mitigation: The Role of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase UBE3B in Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Shayal Vashisth
Mentor: Maria Chahrour
 
"Dissecting Social Homeostasis Circuits in Drosophila"
Gulhumay Gardashova
Mentor: Daisuke Hattori
 
"Pessimism Modifies Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Activity"
Srijani Biswas
Mentor: Steven Shabel