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Faculty Seeking Students:

The following faculty have indicated that are looking for at least one student to join their lab. Some faculty aren't quite sure if they need another student and some are certain that they need several students. We encourage you to reach out to them and inquire about their research, and see if their lab might be a good fit for you!

Dr. Elisabetta Babetto - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience -  Axonal degeneration 

Dr. Bogdan Beirowski  - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience -  Neurodegeneration and axonal integrity

Dr. Lei Cao - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience - Neuro-Oncology and Neurotrauma

Dr. Krishhna Chinthalapudi 

Dr. Andy Fischer - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience  - Retinal regeneration via reprogramming of glial cells

Dr. Hongjun (Harry) Fu - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience - Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration

Dr. Jie Gao - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience - Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration

Dr. Erica Glasper - Behavioral Neuroscience - Stress, neurotrauma and neuroimmunology

Dr. Jonathan Godbout - Molecular and  Behavioral Neuroscience - Stress, neurotrauma and neuroimmunology

Dr. Bin Gu - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience  - Epilepsy and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

Dr. Oscar Harari

Dr. Ashley Ingiosi - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Sleep regulation by astrocyte-neuronal interactions

Dr. Liz Kirby - Behavioral Neuroscience - Regulation of memory by neural stem cells in the hippocampus

Dr. Olga Kokiko-Cochran - Behavioral Neuroscience - Stress, neurotrauma and neuroimmunology

Dr. Katy Lenz - Behavioral Neuroscience - Influence of sex, hormones and immune signals on behavior

Dr. Shahid Nimjee - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Stroke and neuroinflammation

Dr. Giles Plant - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Transplant of stem cell-derived neurons into damaged CNS

Dr. Phillip Popovich - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Neurotrauma, spinal cord injury and neuroimmunology

Dr. Leah Pyter - Behavioral Neuroscience - The impact of cancer and stress on the brain and behavior

Dr. Lluis Samaranch - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - AAV-mediated gene transfer to the CNS

Dr. Andrew Sas - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience  

Dr. Megha Sehgal - Behavioral Neuroscience - Learning and memory

Dr. Wenjing Sun - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Stimulation of re-myelination after neurotrauma

Dr. Hiroki Taniguchi - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Development of cortical interneurons

Dr. Andrea Tedeschi - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Stimulating neuronal repair after traumatic injury

Dr. Cole Vonder Haar - Behavioral Neuroscience - Behavioral dysfunction after traumatic brain injury

Dr. Jacy Wagnon - Developmental Neuroscience and Genetics - Mechanisms underlying epilepsy

Dr. Lei Wang - Cognitive Neuroscience - Neuroimaging biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders

Dr. Ruili Xie -  Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Mechanisms underlying progressive hearing loss

Dr. Lihua Ye - Molecular and Cell Neuroscience - Regulatory mechanism of gut-brain communication

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