john gillespie '05
summer, 2004
funding: competitive undergraduate summer research grant, summer 2004
research: originated the kavalactone and GABA(A) receptor project
currently: M.D., uniformed services university of health sciences f. edward hebert school of medicine.
john mcginniss '06
spring, 2006
research: GABA(A)-glycine chimeric mutagenesis
currently: M.D., robert wood johnson/UMDNJ (in progress)
laura sheard '07
2005 - 2006; honors research, 2006-2007
funding: competitive undergraduate summer research grant, summer 2006
research: originated the allopregnanolone and GABA(A) receptor project; GABA(A)-glycine chimera mutagenesis
currently: Ph.D., pharmacology, university of washington (in progress)
elana toboul '07
spring, 2007
research: GABA(A) a1 subunit mutagenesis
justin finn '08
2007-2008
funding: competitive faculty-student research grant, summer 2007
research: herbal anxiolytics and GABA(A) receptor physiology
angela jablonski '08
honors research, 2007-2008
research: defining the action of allopregnanolone on GABA(A) receptor physiology via a series of a1 subunit point mutations
currently: Ph.D., neuroscience, university of pennsylvania (in progress)
michael lashner '08
spring, 2008
research: GABA(A) a1 subunit mutagenesis
currently: M.D., philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine (in progress)
justin matulay '08
spring, 2008
research: GABA(A) a1 subunit mutagenesis
currently: M.D., columbia university (in progress)
eli kallen '09
2008-2009
research: GABA(A) a1 subunit mutagenesis; originated the molecular modeling project
dennis kumral '09
summer, 2009
funding: Merck/AAAS grant, summer 2008
research: herbal anxiolytics and GABA(A) receptor physiology
currently: M.D., robert wood johnson/UMDNJ (in progress)
christopher macintosh '09
spring, 2009
research: GABA(A) a1 subunit mutagenesis
hussein nasser '09
2007-2008
funding: FIPSE grant, summer 2008
research: herbal anxiolytics and GABA(A) receptor physiology
ashley rider '09
honors research, 2008-2009
research:
Understanding the role of a1 transmembrane residues in neurosteroid potentiation of the GABA(A) receptor using the substituted cysteine accessibility method (SCAM)
currently: teach for america, houston, TX