Medical Student Researchers:
(OMSII indicates 2nd year in medical school)
Edward Piscitelli (OMSII) – Project: VR development for remote medical education and exercise training for neurological conditions and sports.
Jerry Jose (OMSIII) – Project: VR neuroantomy learning and experimentation environment development.
Brianna Yeager (OMSII) – Project: Cell morphology changes in a mouse model of autism and epilepsy.
Mohit Gagna (OMSII) – Project: VR-based teaching lab.
Yamini Nori (OMSI) – Project: Astrocyte-Oligodendrocyte Gap junction formation and endocytosis.
Himani Jani (OMSI) – Project: Astrocyte-Oligodendrocyte Gap junction formation and endocytosis.
Previous Lab Members:
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.