F99/K00 Predoctoral-to-Postdoctoral Transition Awardees

F99/K00 Predoctoral-to-Postdoctoral Transition Awardees

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Elizabeth (Ellie) Brewer

September 2024 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Ai Yamamoto

1F99NS141397-01: Synaptic TDP43 in the Adult Mouse Brain

Current position: Graduate Student, Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY

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Kevin Gonzalez

July 2024 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentors: Attila Losonczy, Franck Polleux

1F99NS139551-01: Subcellular plasticity mechanisms of hippocampal-dependent memory formation and consolidation

Current position: Graduate Student, Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY

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Darik O'Neil

July 2023 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Rafael Yuste

1F99NS134209-01: The Neglected Subiculum: Decoding and Manipulating Memory Retrieval with Multiphoton Holography

Current position: Graduate Student, Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY

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Anna Vannucci

July 2023 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentors: Nim Tottenham, Michael Milham (Nathan Kline Institute)

1F99NS134207-01: Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Affective Semantic Memory Development

Current position: Graduate Student, Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY

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Michelle Stackmann, PhD

July 2022 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Christine Denny, Steve Siegelbaum

1F99NS129178-01: Generation of a dual transgenic/viral system to characterize multiple engrams in a single mouse

Current position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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Crystal Colón Ortiz, PhD

September 2021 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Carol Troy

1F99NS124180-01A1: Vascular-Glial Signaling in Neurovascular Injury

Current position: Program Director, Pediatrics Research, Duke University, Durham, NC

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Jung Park, PhD

September 2021 - NIA Transition to Aging F99/K00

Mentor: Steve Siegelbaum

1F99AG073558-01: Plasticity of cortical circuits in health, aging, and Alzheimer's disease

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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Josephine McGowan, PhD

July 2021 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Christine Denny, Rene Hen

1F99NS124182-01: Dissecting the Contribution of the Ventral Hippocampus to (R,S)-Ketamine's Fear Buffering Effects

Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA

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Kelly Martyniuk, PhD

April 2021 - DSPAN F99/K00

Mentor: Christoph Kellendonk, Dave Sulzer

1F99NS120642-01: Co-regulation of striatal dopamine and acetylcholine in associative reward learning

Current position: R&D Supervisor, Agilent Technologies, Carpinteria, California