Position in Paradis lab: PhD Student

Where are they now? Associate Director, Purdue Engineering Graduate Programs DEI&B

Ph.D. Brandeis University, 2018

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding the interplay between the different molecular events responsible for synaptic development and plasticity. I carried out my graduate research in the Institute of Neurobiology (Marseille, France), under the guidance of Dr. Igor Medina. His conceptual and experimental approaches inspired me and prompted me to pursue a research project focused on the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in neuronal plasticity. I examined the role of potassium chloride co-transporter, KCC2 in neuronal plasticity, using imaging and molecular approaches. For my postdoctoral training, I decided to join the laboratory of Dr. Robakis in Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY to become more familiar with different mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases, including neuronal survival and plasticity. Now, I am working in the laboratory of Suzanne Paradis where I am studying GABAA receptor trafficking during development in primary hippocampal culture. Using live cell imaging and RNAi technology, my goals are to identify and characterize the molecules and mechanisms responsible for the modulation of GABAA receptor trafficking in neurons.