Joseph Picone, 3rd Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Peter Hamilton
- Charles C. Clayton Award
- Reprogramming ZFP189 transcription factor function regulates drug specific behavioral response. Neurosymposium at Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA. Host: Dr. Vernon Ruffun
- Reprogramming ZFP189 transcription factor function regulates drug specific behavioral response. Central Virginia Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience (CVCSN) Virtual Meeting. Richmond, VA. Host: Georgia Hodes (2021)
- Reprogramming transcription factors to study addiction. 3-minute Thesis (3MT), 1 of 8 finalists chosen from over 50 competitors. Richmond, Va. Host: Virginia Commonwealth University
- Teague CD, Picone JA, Wright WJ, Browne CJ, Silva G, Futamura R, Toribio AM, Estill ME , Ramakrishnan A, Martinez FJ, Godino A, Parise EM, Lorsch ZS, Kim JH, Shen L, Neve RL, Dong Y, Nestler EJ, Hamilton PJ. (2022) CREB binding at the Zfp189 promoter within medium spiny neuron subtypes differentially regulates behavioral and physiological adaptations over the course of cocaine use, Biological Psychiatry (2022),
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.07.022
- Hamilton PJ, Chen EY, Tolstikov V, Pena CJ, Picone JA, Strat AN, Shah P, Panagopoulos K, Walker DM, Lorsch ZS, Robinson HL, Mervosh N, Kiraly D, Sarangarajan R, Narain N, Kiebish MA, Nestler EJ. (2020) Chronic stress and antidepressant treatment alter purine metabolism and beta oxidation within mouse brain and serum. Scientific Reports 10:18134
- Lipatova O, Campolattaro MM, & Picone JA. (2020) Fornix lesions impair place-, but not response-learning in the open-field tower maze. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 167, 107134.
Elizabeth Dustin, 4th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Jeffrey Dupree
- Graduate School Dissertation Assistantship Award 2022
- CVCSN Best Poster Award - Graduate Student Category 2022
- School of Medicine Travel Awards January 2022 and April 2022
- ACTRIMS Forum 2022 Educational Grant Young Scientist Travel Award
- School of Medicine Neuroscience Travel Award 2020
- Graduate Student Travel Award 2020
- American society for Neurochemistry April 2022: Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Young Investigator Forum April 2022: Adult onset of sulfatide depletion leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience April 2022 - Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Translational Immunology and Glia Research group October 2021 - Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide drives structural and functional CNS abnormalities
- European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease July 2021: Functional Consequence of adult onset sulfatide depletion in the mature CNS
- American society for Neurochemistry June 2021: Sulfatide is essential for nodal stabilization in the mature CNS
- Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience March 2021: Sulfated galactolipid is essential for structure and function of the adult CNS
- Prim JH, Phillips MC, Lamm MS, Brady J, Cabral I, Durden S, Dustin E, Hazellief A, Klapheke B, Lamb AD, Lukowsky A, May D, Sanchez SG, Thompson KC, Tyler WA, Godwin J. 2022. Estrogenic signaling and sociosexual behavior in wild sex-changing bluehead wrasses, Thalassoma bifasciatum. J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol 337(1):24-34. doi:10.1002/jez.2558.
- Qiu S, Palavicini JP, Wang J, Gonzalez NS, He S, Dustin E, Zou C, Ding L, Bhattacharjee A, Van Skike CE, Galvan V, Dupree JL, Han X. 2021. Adult-onset CS+NS myelin sulfatide deficiency is sufficient to cause Alzheimer's disease-like neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment. Mol Neurodegener 16(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13024-021-00488-7
- Shaw GA, Hyer MM, Dustin E, Dyer SK, Targett IL, Neigh GN. 2021. Acute LPS exposure increases synaptosomal metabolism during estrus but not diestrus. Physiol Behav 239:113523. doi: 10.1016/i.physbeh.2021.113523.
Kelly Flounlacker, 5th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Pamela Knapp
- Jean de Vellis Memorial Prize, American Society for Neurochemistry (April 14, 2022)
- VCU School of Medicine Travel Award (January 15, 2022)
Martina Hernandez, 5th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Audrey Lafrenaye
- 2022 NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99 NINDS)