Personal Information:
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Date of Birth: Dec. 5th, 1984
Email: bsb190@psu.edu Educational Background: (2003-2007) B.S. in Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Biomedical Science from Colorado State University. Current Education: (2007-Present) Neuroscience Graduate Program at Pennsylvania State University. Words of Wisdom: “Whats crazy about standing toe to toe saying ‘I am’?" -Rocky Balboa “Ain’t nothin’ over till it’s over." -Rocky Balboa Interests/Activities: Competitive Powerlifting, Studying, Football, Baseball, Poker, Video games. Favorite Movies: Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa, 300, I Am Legend. |
Research
Interests: My research interests include investigating the regulation
and function of the serotonin transporter in anxiety-related disorders.
Current projects include working alongside Amanda using
chronoamperometry to detect modest yet biologically relevant
differences in serotonin uptake rates in lymphoblasts isolated from
mice differentially expressing the serotonin transporter gene.
Additionally, I am using fluorescence and confocal microscopy to probe
SERT regulation by serotonin autoreceptors on the neuronal plasma
membrane.
