Renuka Gupta, MSc
Renuka has 6 years of experience maintaining and working with hESCs and iPSCs . She has been part of projects that involved reprogramming patient fibroblast and PBMCs into iPSCs using viral vectors (Sendai virus , Retrovirus and Lentivirus), and also studying molecular mechanism congenital heart diseases and embryonic heart development through differentiation of iPSCs and hESCs into cardiomyocytes.
Janna Jernigan, PhD
Janna is a recent PhD graduate from the university of Florida with extensive experience in understanding the role of chronic systemic inflammation on the immune system in and around the brain. Janna has been proud to run two regional SfN chapter conferences for the North Central Florida Chapter of SfN and interact with students as a summer course instructor.
Caitlin Loh, MSc
Caitlin is a Research Assistant in the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. She obtained her bachelor's degree in molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University, where she interned with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development. She earned a master's degree from New York University and studied microsatellite sequencing with Gilad Evrony at NYU Langone Health.
Gabriele Strusi, PhD
I am a Research Associate at Spillantini's Lab where I plan to investigate the spreading of alpha-synuclein from the gut to the brain, elucidating the role of LRRK2. I recently completed a PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of East Anglia where I investigated the relevance of isothiocyanate to improve the efficacy of kinase inhibitors in hepatocellular carcinoma. Before that I studied new ways to improve the biocompatibility of synthetic polymers for the growth of human primary fibroblast for regenerative medicine applications at the Tissue Engineering lab of the University of Sheffield. My background lies on a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology that I undertook at the University of Sassari. I completed the BSc degree after an internship at the University of Southampton with a thesis on the use of a software to identify novel copy number variants in exome data from patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease.
Priya Suman, PhD
Priya's journey in neuroscience stems from a personal loss—my mother's battle with a neurodegenerative disease drives my ambition to develop disease-modifying therapies. Beginning with my undergraduate studies in Life Sciences at the University of Delhi, where I excelled in research on anti-cancer drugs and presented at national conferences, I cultivated a passion for biomedical research. During my Master's at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, I investigated drug-resistant epilepsy, identifying ATF3 as a potential target. Despite facing health challenges, I persevered, driven by my commitment to neurological research. At the University of Ottawa, I focused on nanotherapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, with anticipated publications. Now, as a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, I collaborate with Dr. Michael Schlossmacher's lab to explore the impact of viral infections on alpha-synuclein metabolism, aiming to uncover insights into disease progression
Wenhui Wu
Wenhui holds a Bachelor's degree in Food Technology and a Master's degree in Pharmacology. With a passion for neuroscience, Wenhui joined Cragg Lab as a Research Assistant to study dopamine.
