Mentor Areas
My group is dedicated to understanding how powerful, rapid acting anesthetics, such as ketamine, and psychedelics, alter neuronal circuits in healthy individuals and neuropsychiatric diseases. Our basic science approach spans neuroscience, psychiatry, and anesthesia with the hope that some of these mechanistic insights will motivate improved strategies for anesthesia and treatment of challenging neuropsychiatric diseases.
Description:
Part 1 -
Modelling depressive-behaviors in rodents
Help develop two rodent models of depression
Develop and quantify depressive-like behavior in mice
Part 2 -
Testing the effect of various psychedelics in depressed mice and control mice
Preferred Qualifications
Only requirement is that student is highly motivated and likes science.
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.