Laboratory Researchers:
Amanda Charest- Imaging specialist with a master’s degree in microbiology. Amanda is working all aspects of our new foray into spatial transcriptomics and combining that exciting technology with super-resolution microscopy. She is also working on brain derived extracellular vesicles as part of the traumatic brain injury and hypothyroidism research.
Daniel Nasef – Second year medical student, training deep learning models to perform automatic segmentation on 3D super-resolution microscopy images for research into the effects of traumatic brain injury and hypothyroidism.
Dr. Lars Udo-Bellner – Trains faculty and students in using microscopes of the NYIT Imaging Center and assists in data collection for all PIs using the microscopes (including for Randy Stout’s research)
Viola Sawaris – Undergraduate NYIT student working with microscopy data.
Eva Rosini – Second year medical student working with us in our research on effects of gamified exercise in VR with teens on the autism spectrum.
Stephen Guilherme – Second year medical student working with us in our research on effects of gamified exercise in VR with teens on the autism spectrum.
Rachel Newman – Second year medical student working with us in our research on effects of gamified exercise in VR with teens on the autism spectrum.
Akash Gandotra – Second year medical student working with us in our research on effects of gamified exercise in VR with teens on the autism spectrum.
Medical Student Researchers:
(OMSII indicates 2nd year in medical school)
Shah Khan (OMSII) – Project: Using Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) to analyze laser-scanning super-resolution microscope image data to understand how gap junction connections between astrocytes change in developmental disorders and neuroinflammation.
Emmanuel Khodra (OMSII) – Project: Using new computational tools to analyze super-resolution localization microscopy data examining the nanoscale structure of subcellular components of glia gap junctions.
Edward Piscitelli (OMSIV) – Project: VR development for remote medical education and exercise training for neurological conditions and sports.
Previous Lab Members:
Rejath Jose (OMSII) – Project: VR development for remote medical education and exercise training for neurological conditions and sports. Leading an engineering team of students to build and implement a haptic glove into the VR medical training environment.
Jerry Jose (OMSIV, Academic Medical Scholar) – Project: VR neuroantomy learning and experimentation environment development.
Yamini Nori (OMSII, Summer Research Fellow) – Project: Applying convolutional deep neural network segmentation and classification of structures in 3D super-resolution microscopy data to identify changes in cellular brain structure in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (in collaboration with Dr. Gonzalo Otazu and others).
Brianna Yeager (OMSIII) – Project: Cell morphology changes in a mouse model of autism and epilepsy.
William Shin (OMSII) – Project: Astrocyte and GABAergic neuron changes in a mouse model of ASD.
Himani Jani (OMSII) – Project: Astrocyte and GABAergic neuron changes in a mouse model of ASD.
Mohit Gagna (OMSII) – Project: VR-based teaching lab.
Daniel Tanis (OMSIII) – Project: Computational simulations of morphology-physiology relationships of gap junctions at the mesoscale.
Nicholas Frangella (OMSIII) – Project: VR neuroantomy learning and experimentation environment development.
Viraj Modi (OMSIII) – Project: Survey of CBD usage in combat athletes.
Chloe Bodden (OMSIII) – Project: Survey of CBD usage in combat athletes.
Michael Gleeson (OMSIII) – Project: Astrocyte-Oligodendrocyte Gap junction formation and endocytosis.
Maddie Messmer (OMSII) – Project: VR neuroantomy learning and experimentation environment development.
Andrea Watters (OMSIII) – Project: Role of glia and gap junctions in brain function.
Edward Yu (OMSIII) – Project: Role of glia and gap junctions in brain function.
Teena Alex (OMSIII) – Project: Research and tool development for XR (VR/AR/MR) immersive virtual osteopathic medical training.
Christian Yacuk (OMSIII) – Project: Research and tool development for XR (VR/AR/MR) immersive virtual osteopathic medical training.
Olivia Albert – Project: Cell and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and degradation of heterotypic gap junction channels required for myelination.
Stout Lab at New York Tech 