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Grass Fellows

Eleven young scientists have been awarded fellowships by the Grass Foundation to conduct research in neuroscience at the MBL this summer. The program is directed by Catherine Carr, University of Maryland. Jennifer Morgan, Bowdoin College, serves as associate director.

Joshua Pope Bassett, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
“Identifying the site of velocity storage integration: A comparative approach using species with distinct oculomotor behaviors”

María Esmeralda Castelló Gómez, Ph.D.
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable
“Comparative study of the fast electrosensory pathway of electric fish: A multilevel approach”

Adam D. Douglass
University of California, San Francisco
“Optical studies of neuronal connectivity and plasticity in the retinotectal system of zebrafish”

Alfredo Gustavo Fort, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Gap junction subunit trafficking via microtubule-dependent motor systems”

Joshua W. Gatson, M.S.
University of North Texas / Health Science Center at Fort Worth
“The role of the androgen receptor in estrogen-induced neuroprotection”

J. Matthew Kittelberger, Ph.D.
Cornell University
“The midbrain preiaqueductal gray and vocal patterning in a teleost fish”

Wayne J. Korzan, Ph.D.
Stanford University
“Behavioral and hormonal responses to agonistic interaction in the toadfish”

Snezana Levic
University of California, Davis
“Spontaneous action potential activity in developing vertebrate hair cells: Control of pattern and efficacy of synaptic transfer”

Heather J. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Boston University
“Searching for the central pattern generator in the vocal system of Xenopus laevis”

Jason Shepherd
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
“The role of BCL-2 family proteins in post-synaptic transmission and plasticity”

Mark Verdecia, Ph.D.
SUNY Stony Brook
“Brittlestar fluorescence as a unique long-term indicator of in vivo neuronal activity”




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