Group members
Graduate Students
Nathan Akey (Chemistry, Jan 08 start) – synthesizing an AMPA receptor antagonist to study receptor trafficking.
Mariel Feliciano (Chemistry, Jan 09 start) – synthesizing a tethered GABA ligand, and learning patch clamp electrophysiology.
Kathryne Medeiros (MCB, Jan 09 start) – using electrophysiology to test newly synthesized drugs on receptors and immunofluorescence to image proteins in dissociated hippocampal cultures.
Rosie Combs-Bachmann (Neuroscience, June 09 start)
Steve McCarron (Chemistry, Jan 10 start).
Amanda Hussey (Chemistry, Jan 10 start).
Post-doctoral fellows
Vytla Devaiah – synthesizing a photosensitive GABA potentiators, and synthesizing tethered neuronal receptor ligands.
Undergraduate Researchers
Application to become a UR. Limited spots, preference for ComCol students, 3.3+ GPA, junior year or earlier.
Tiffany Brucker (Chemistry) – Feb ‘10 -
Nick Hathaway (Biochemistry/Neuroscience) – Sept ‘09 -
Ben March (Chemistry) – Feb ‘10 -
Maya Marcus-Sells (Hampshire College) – Feb – ‘10 -
Travis Softic (BMB) – May ‘08 -
Matthew Stevens (Chemistry) – Feb ‘08 -
Yu Zhao (Biochemistry) – Feb ‘08 -
Rotation Students
N/A
Alumni
Undergraduate researchers
Jessica Lewis (Columbia) May ‘08-Aug ‘08
Christopher Talbot (Western New England College) – May ‘08-Aug ‘08 – Appling to toxicology grad programs (F09).
Nick Druar (Neuroscience) – Sept ‘08-May ‘09 – Working for City Year in
Boston/applying to med school (F09).
Frances Rodríguez (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey) – June ‘09-Aug ‘09 – explored the possibility of optimizing proton transport in PEMFC’s by synthesizing a responsive functionalized polymer.
Yiaslin Ruiz (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey) – June ‘09-Aug ‘09 – worked on developing a GABA amide agonist for probing native GABA receptors.
Martha Luitje (Smith College) – June ‘09-Aug ‘09 – worked to clone the glutamate receptor 6 (iGluR6) gene into a pIRES vector containing the monomeric red fluorescent protein, mRFP1.
Randy Gilbreath (Chemistry) – June ‘08-Dec ‘09 – looking for a job in them chem sector of industry or government.
Joe Reutt (BDIC: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience) – Jan ‘08-Jan ‘09 – off to grad school
Jade Balicki (Chemistry) – Feb ‘08 – Jan ‘09 – off to nursing school
Dan Daly (Biochemistry) – Sept ‘09 – May ‘10 – off to grad school (MCMP @ Purdue – I hear they have a good program!)
Elana Knight (Psychology/Neuroscience) – Sept ‘09 – May ‘10 -
Benjamin Suarez Jimenez (Neuro-interested) – Sept ‘09 – May ‘10 – off to NIH
P.I.
James J. Chambers
