{"id":2073,"date":"2020-04-23T14:07:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T21:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ibp2025\/?page_id=2073"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:14:42","slug":"postdocs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ibp2025\/postdocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoctoral Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\n Po-Lin Chen<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology (2020) - National Taiwan University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

The role of mitochondria in neuronal and muscular aging.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Nora Stephanie Kawecki<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Bioengineering (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Enhancing the growth efficiency of adipose tissue using tunable microcarriers<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Kathleen Munley<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior (2022) - Indiana University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Neural and molecular mechanisms of social subordination.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Krisha Aghi<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2022) - University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Spatiotemporal dynamics of gonadal steroid-sensitive neural circuits that regulate thermogenesis and energy expenditure<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Gulistan Agirman<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2020), University of Geneva and University of Liege<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Gut-brain interaction in neurodevelopmental disorder.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Laura Cortes<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2022) - Georgia State University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

The neural underpinnings of thermoregulatory changes accompanying pregnancy<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Pablo Currea<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Developmental Science (2021) - Florida International University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Visual motion perception in flies and their underlying neural circuits<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Giovanni Frighetto<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Psychological Sciences (Neuroscience) (2020), University of Padova (Italy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Visual feature detection and visuomotor integration<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Ting Fu<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (2022) - University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Function of genetic variants and RNA editing in cancer<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Mayuri Khandelwal<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., (2020) - Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury in brain and peripheral tissues<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Leonila Lagunes<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Biological Sciences (2020), University of California Irvine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Computational approaches to understand cell signaling<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Zhiheng Liu<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Bioinformatics (2020), Peking University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Bioinformatics, RNA biology, Sequencing technology<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Thuy Linh Nguyen<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Life Science (2020) - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Double-stranded RNA editing and sensing<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Takahiro Ohara<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Immunology (2023) - Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Mechanisms of gut-brain communication<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Stephanie Orchanian<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Neuroimmunology (2024) - University of California, Irvine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Elucidate the impact of the gut microbiome on the treatment of depression.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Ezgi \u00d6zcan<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Food Science (2019), University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Interaction of food components with microbes in the gut and this interaction's effect on the brain function and neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Cheng Qian<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Biology (2021) - Tsinghua University (China)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Microbiota-gut-brain axis<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Joe Reynolds<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Biology of Aging (2020), University of Southern California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Skeletal Muscle Biology<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Vartika Sharma<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics (2021) - Banaras Hindu University, India<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Understanding the mechanistic relationships between intestinal barrier dysfunction, aging, and age-onset neuroinflammation<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Pavan Thapak<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology (2019), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar, India<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

To understand the cellular and molecular dynamics underlying neurodegenerative disorders associated with drug discovery.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Giovanni Quinones Valdez<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Bioengineering (2021) - University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Development of computational methods, genetic variants, RNA processing<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Bruna Weber Fulco<\/strong>\n

Ph.D. in Biological Science, Toxicological Biochemistry (2022). Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM (Brazil)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Metabolic and molecular changes in adipose tissues and the liver following traumatic brain injury, particularly emphasizing their roles in thermoregulation.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n

Faculty Advisor: <\/strong><\/td>Fernando Gomez-Pinilla<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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\n Ivy Xiong<\/strong>\n

Ph.D., Systems Biology (2021) - University of Oxford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n
Research: <\/strong><\/td>\n

Oscillatory dynamics in renal physiology<\/p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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