Alumni

Sara Morcos
Current Institution: Bowdoin College (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Ream Al-Hasani
Project Title:
Activation of dynorphin cells in the dorsal nucleus accumbens shell (dNAcSh) inhibits fentanyl consumption
Pronouns: she/hers

Yana Honcharuk
Current Institution: Kenyon College (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Mayssa Mokalled
Project Title:
Developing strategies to reprogram pro-regenerative human astrocytes using pharmacological and transcriptional approaches
Pronouns: she/hers

Dina Abdalla (she/her/hers)
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2022)
Dr. Paul Shaw

Uchechukwu Agali
Undergraduate Institution: Harris-Stowe State University (BS/21)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Cynthia Rogers
PROJECT TITLE
The Effects of ADI on Anxiety Symptoms and Brain Region Volumes in Preterm Children at Age 9/10

Eboni Arnold
Current Institution: Harvard University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Gabe Haller
PROJECT TITLE
Establishing a histological and physiological model of ventricular pathologies in zebrafish

Kia Barclay
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Ream Al-Hasani
PROJECT TITLE
Determining the neurochemical profile of endogenous opioids during withdrawal

Maya Bluitt
Current Institution: UNC Chapel Hill (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Lex Kravitz
PROJECT TITLE
Investigating effort after weight loss in mice

Joseph Bradley
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Carlos Cruchaga
PROJECT TITLE
Genomic loci associated with differential expression in AD: a multivariate regression analysis of ADNI-2/GO cohorts

Devin Burris
Current Institution: Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Harrison Gabel
PROJECT TITLE
Cellular and molecular analysis of DNMT3A mutations associated with intellectual disabilities and growth disorders

Sneha Chaturvedi
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (MD/PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Erik Herzog
PROJECT TITLE
Sex differences in circadian rhythmicity arise outside the hypothalamus

Shylyn Collier
Current Institution: University of Missouri-St Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2022, 2023: Dr. Jason Yi
Project Title:
Characterizion of microcephaly in a mouse model of UBE3A hyperactivation
Pronouns: he/the

Ya'el Courtney
Current Institution: Harvard University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Todd Braver
PROJECT TITLE
The Influence of genetics on individual differences in neural activation patterns
Related Publication
JA Etzel, Y Courtney, CE Carey, MZ Gehred, A Agrawal, TS Brauer, Pattern Similarity Analyses of FrontoParietal Task Coding: Individual Variation and Genetic Influences, Cereb Cortex. 30(5), 3167-3183 (2020).

Davinelle Daniels
Undergraduate Institution: Harris Stowe State University (BS/21)
ENDURE Lab (2015, 2016)
Dr. Brian Van Tine

Fabrizio Darby
Current Institution: University of Miami (BS/23)
ENDURE Lab 2022: Dr. Erik Herzog
Project Title: Glucocorticoids synchronize daily rhythms in Glioblastoma cells
Pronouns: he/him/his

Olumide Fagboyegun
Current Institution: Harvard University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. John Cirrito
PROJECT TITLE
Principal component extraction eliminates oxidative peak drift in micro-immunoelectrode measurements of ISF amyloid-β

Yesenia Garcia
Current Institution: Emory University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Robert Gereau
PROJECT TITLE
Evaluating the neurobiological consequences of cannabinoid administration on oxycodone withdrawal in mice

Olivia Gautier
Current Institution: Stanford University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Karen O'Malley
PROJECT TITLE
mGluR5 is functional at the cell surface and at intracellular membranes in cortical astrocytes

María González
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Joshua Rubin
PROJECT TITLE
TAp63α overexpression mitigates sexually dimorphic proliferation in mesenchymal Glioblastoma astrocytes

Julia Gorman
Current Institution: University of California-San Diego (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019)
Dr. Barani Raman
PROJECT TITLE
Decoding primary olfaction circuits in Drosophila melanogaster with Flywalk behavioral assay
ENDURE Lab (2020)
Dr. Brian Fischer (Seattle U.)
PROJECT TITLE
Auditory nerve stimulus encoding in the barn owl

Sarah Hunter
Undergraduate Institution: Emory University (BS/2019)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Jordan McCall
PROJECT TITLE
Investigating the role of glutamate signaling in depression