Laboratory: Principal Investigator, Mark A. DeCoster, Ph.D.
January 2009
Our Lab is focussed on Cellular Neuroscience. The lab currently consists of 3 Undergraduate Students, 3 Ph.D. Students, and 6 Master's students.
Lab
Students:
January 2009
- Michelle Sibille, undergraduate. Nano and micropatterns for brain cell growth and repair. Supported by LURA grant.
- James McNamara, Ph.D. student. Biological interaction with nanomaterials. Supported by LBRN grant.
- Kinsey Cotton, Ph.D. student. Signal transduction in brain cells. Currently supported by COES stipend.
- Dustin Green, Master's student. Nanopatterning for attachment and differentiation of neuronal cell lines. Currently an NSF GK-12 fellow and also supported by an ANS mini-grant.
- Si Chen, Master's student. 2D and 3D matrices for tissue engineering of brain cells. Currently supported by COES stipend and served as Teaching Assistant for BIEN 500.
- Jessica Wasserman, Master's student. Biocompatibility of 2 dimensional matrices for brain cell growth. Currently supported by COES stipend; serves as a Graduate Lab Assistant.
- Richard Davis, Master's student. Biology
- Sowgandhi Maddi, Master's student. Cell methods for apoptosis. Currently supported by COES stipend and LBRN grant; serves as a Graduate Lab Assistant.
- Ruturaj Masvekar, Master's student. Inflammatory responses in brain cells. Currently supported by COES stipend and LBRN grant; serves as a Graduate Lab Assistant.
- Senaka Kanakamedala, Ph.D. student. Microdevices, micromixing, enzyme-biosensor detection. Currently supported by NSF-EPSCOR RII grant.
- Enkhjin Bayarsaikhan, Undergrad. Image Analysis Apoptosis. Currently supported by LBRN grant in collaboration with Dr. Andrei Paun.
- Kris Chain, Undergrad. Image Analysis Apoptosis. Currently supported by LBRN grant in collaboration with Dr. Andrei Paun.
- Summer High School Teacher Program:
