Programs
IBMS Discipline
Mentor
Ellen Apple
Ph.D. Student
Biography
Ellen is researching molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuronal repair/regeneration.
Hometown: Collierville, TN
Hobbies: Drawing, writing, reading fiction (includes comics as well as books), hiking, listening to music
Publications
Posters:
December 2014–Effects of RG108 Injections in the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Brain on Associative Reward Learning in Mice (Poster of a chosen figure from a scientific paper presented with other STH 199 students)
April 2015–Thermodynamics of Ethidium with Oxaliplatin-treated DNA (Poster session, UAB Spring Expo)
April 2018–Effects of parkin loss on mitochondrial number in parvalbumin-expressing motor cortex interneurons (Poster session, UAB Spring Expo)
Presentations:
April 2016–Effects of parkin loss on mitochondrial number in parvalbumin-expressing motor cortex interneurons–Proposal presentation for undergraduate thesis work
April 2018–Effects of parkin loss on mitochondrial number in parvalbumin-expressing motor cortex interneurons–Thesis presentation for undergraduate thesis work
Education
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Awards
September 2016–Poetry submission accepted for publication in Sanctuary (literary magazine)