Principal Investigator:
Michael W. Gramlich
I graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with my Ph.D. in physics in 2011. I worked on X-ray crystallography of metal/semi-conductor interface structures. I transitioned to molecular biophysics in my first post-doc at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. I then transitioned to molecular biophysics in neuroscience at my second postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
Graduate Students:
Mason Parkes
Physics Department
Research: Function and Role of resource sharing hippocampal presynapses
Paxton Wilson
Physics Department
Research: Molecular Mechanics of presynaptic cytoskeleton on spontaneous presynaptic vesicle release
Sam Carryer
Physics Department
Research: Dynamically Changing Pool Size Mediates Presynaptic Plasticity
Undergraduate Students:
Delaney Grey
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Measuring Mitochondrial Morphology changes mediated by P301L tau mutations
Morgan Hellums
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Measuring Mitochondrial Morphology changes mediated by P301L tau mutations
David Batista
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Measuring Mitochondria membrane potential changes mediated by P301L tau mutations
Eli Burnes
Major: Neurosciences
Research: Developing Single Neuron Spiking Models of P301L tau mutated neurons
Henry Stephens
Major: Physics and Neuroscience
Research: Measuring Synaptic Vesicle Mobility During Presynaptic Plasticity
Former Lab Members:
Noah Kim
Major: Physics
Research: Developing Ideal Gas Law Model of Presynaptic Vesicle Mobility to Predict Spontaneous Release
Currently attending graduate school at Rice University
Ammanda Assad
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Measuring changes in the number of synaptic vesicles in the presynapse during plasticity
Currently attending Medical School
Rachel Cotter
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research Technician
Currently attending Medical School
Erika Taipala
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Mitochondrial Mobility and Capture by hippocampal presynapses
Nathan Landers
Major: Physics
Research: Computational Analysis of ISVE Presynaptic Vesicle Molecular Mechanics
Janset Aksoy
Major: Neuroscience & Chemical Engineering
Research: Age-dependent Changes in Presynaptic Vesicle Recycling in P301L mice hippocampal cell cultures
Brook Tarrant
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Ultrastructural Electron Microscopy Analysis of Mitochondrial Changes in P301L mice
Lauren Lavender
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Research: Mitochondrial Function in Alzheimer’s Disease
Bria Storr
Major: Physics
Patrick Blythe
Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry
Research: Presynaptic Vesicle Recycling Pool Dynamics in Alzheimer’s Disease
Madison Lowery
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Faith Taylor
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Carson Barnett
Major: Computer Science
Matthew White
Major: Biomedical Sciences