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Date of Birth : September 3, 1978 Place of Birth : Medellin,
Colombia "la ciudad de la eterna primavera" High School : Bachillerato Femenino de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Undergraduate Education : Temple University, Chemistry Graduate School Program : Chemistry, Penn State University Favorite Activities : read, dance, and have fun Words of Wisdom : "Your future depends on many things but mostly on you" (Frank Tyge) |
Research:
Study of the kinetics of serotonin transport with carbon fiber electrode voltammetry
Posters and Publications:
Perez, X.A. and Andrews, A.M. 5-HT uptake in SERT
knockout mice by chronoamperometry . Serotonin Conference:
Serotonin: From the molecule to the Clinic. New Orleans, LA. 2000
Perez, X.A. and Andrews, A.M. Dopamine
uptake in SERT knockout mice Chronoamperometry .
Society for Neuroscience 31st annual meeting. San Diego, CA. 2001
Perez, X.A., Mathews, T.A., Andrews, A.M. Adaptations
in dopamine neurochemistry in SERT knockout mice by microdialysis and
chronoamperometry . 224th ACS National Meeting,
Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002.
Andrews, A.M., Mathews, T.A., Unger E.L., Perez, X.A., Electrochemical Methodology
Elucidates Changes in Synaptic 5-HT Caused by Intermediate Reductions
in SERT Expression . Society for Neuroscience
32nd annual meeting. Orlando, Fl. 2002.
Perez, X. A., Unger, E.L, Andrews, A. M.: Chronoamperometry
Detects Modest Changes in Uptake in SERT Knockout Mice: Implications
for Neural Control of Locomotor Activity (submitted to Journal of
Neurochemistry).
Honors:
PSU Chemistry Department Apple Graduate Student Research
Award, 2001
Phela Fay Braucher Scholarship, 2001
PSU Graduate School Minority Fellowship, 1999-2001
