Graduate Students
The Department of Neuroscience at Scripps Research Institute Florida offers opportunities for graduate research with an interdisciplinary approach. Students have access to a variety of core resource facilities and specialized equipment related to neuroscience research ultimately enabling research without limitations during their training.
We are excited to have the following graduate students pursuing their research within the Department of Neuroscience:
Jacob Berry, University of Texas
Graduate Student of the Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Ronald Davis, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Memory using functional imaging techniques in Drosophila.
Cristin F. Gavin, University of Alabama
Graduate Student of the University of Alabama
Mentor: Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D.
Research Interests: The role of myosin II in structural and functional adaptations to single dendritic spines.
Paul Johnson, University of Minnesota
Graduate Student of The Kellogg School of Science and Technology,
The Scripps Research Institute - Florida
Mentor: Paul Kenny, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Common mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction.
Ekaterina Posokhova, University of Minnesota
Graduate Student of the University of Minnesota
Mentor: Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Protein-protein interactions and their dynamics in the context of signal transduction and its regulation.