Alumni

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

Drake Gorecki
Current Institution: Hamilton College (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Yao Chen
Project Title:
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on NEt PKA Phosphorylation.
Pronouns: he/his

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

Kassie Hamilton
Current Institution: Duke University (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Janine Bijsterbosch
Project Title:
Investigating neural correlates of state depression using large datasets
Pronouns: she/hers

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

Jessica Jimenez, PhD
Current Role: Human Safety Regulatory Toxicologist | Procter & Gamble
ENDURE Lab (2015)
Dr. Carlos Cruchaga
PROJECT TITLE
Role of ABCA7 & TM2D3 variants in Alzheimer's Disease
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Aaron Bowman (Vanderbilt)
PROJECT TITLE
Identifying small molecule-altered cellular manganese regulatory pathways
Related Publication
J.L. Del-Aguila, M.V. Fernández, J. Jimenez, K. Btlack, S. Ma, Y. Deming, et al., Role of ABCA7 loss-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease: a replication study in European–Americans. Alzheimer's Res Ther. 7, 73 (2015).

Neco Johnson
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2015)
Dr. David Balota
PROJECT TITLE
Exploring the cognitive mechanisms underlying memory benefits of wakeful rest
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Desiree White
PROJECT TITLE
Developmental trajectories of strategic processing in children with Phenylketonuria
Related Publication
Z.W. Hawks, M.J. Strube, N.X. Johnson, D.K. Grange, D.A. White, Developmental Trajectories of Executive and Verbal Processes in Children with Phenylketonuria. Dev. Neuropsychol. 43, 207-218 (2018).

Noah Kabbaj
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Sophomore)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Jordan McCall
Project Title:
Repeated electroconvulsive shock selectively activates parvalbumin interneurons surrounded by perineuronal nets in the mouse hippocampus.
Pronouns: he/his

Michael Kanan
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Erik Musiek
PROJECT TITLE
Circadian clock disruption influences alpha synuclein spreading and dopaminergic neuron loss in vivo

Javier Kelly Cuenca
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Paul Taghert
Project Title:
Examining the drosophila orthologous GPCR: Investigating the impact of the DH31-R2 neuropeptide receptor mutation
Pronouns: he/his

Jake Khoussine
Current Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison (MD/PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Aaron DiAntonio
PROJECT TITLE
Identifying novel pathways that dictate synaptic growth

Scott Lee
Undergraduate Institution: Saint Louis University (BS/2020)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Joseph Dougherty
PROJECT TITLE
Mosaic knockout of the QKI RNA-binding protein in cortical astrocytes

Carrie Lewis (they/them/theirs)
Current Institution: Mount Holyoke College (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Dave Holtzman
Project Title
Investigation of LXR agonist’s ability to rescue TREM2-dependent microgliosis in mice with Amyloid-β Amyloidosis

Justin Lopez-Roque (he/him/his)
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Susan Perlman
PROJECT TITLE
The Relationship between Grey Matter Volume and Anxious Temperament in Young Children

Chelsea Mackey
Current Institution: University of Washington (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Erik Musiek
PROJECT TITLE
A characterization of amyloid pathology and circadian system function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Alexandra Martinez Lopez
Undergraduate Institution: Wellesley College (BS/2021)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Gregory Wu
PROJECT TITLE
Quantification and transcriptional features of meningeal B cell clusters

Megan Maxwell
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (BS/21)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Deanna Barch
PROJECT TITLE
Relationship between Neighborhood Poverty and Externalizing Symptoms in Children: Mediation and Moderation by Brain Structure and Environmental Factors

Rachel Membreno
Current Institution: San Diego State University (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2022, 2023
Dr. Jeff Zacks
Project Title:
Whose memory is improved by attending to event structure? No evidence for modulation by attentional control or episodic memory ability in older adults?
Pronouns: she/hers

Sebastian Monge Reyes
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Tim Miller
Project Title:
Neurofilament light chain levels throughout the pathogenesis of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis rat model
Pronouns: he/his

Megan Niehaus
Current Institution: University of Missouri-St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Ryan Bogdan
Project Title:
Working memory (WM) predicts inflammation in aging adults in a longitudinal design
Pronouns: she/hers