Lizbeth Liquidano Cortes

Dagda Lab, University of Nevada, Reno

Supervisor: Ruben K. Dagda, Ph.D & Smijin K. Soman, Ph.D

Project 1: Identifying FDA-Approved Drugs that Stimulate

BDNF- TRKβ Signaling in Mitochondria

Project 2: TBD

Responsibilities:

- Preparation/maintaining cells

- Data Collection (Immunocytochemistry & Protein Estimation)

- Preparation of solutions

- Imaging cells under ImageXpress Nano microscope

Jutkiewicz Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Supervisor: Emily Jutkiewicz Ph.D

Project: The Acute Administration of PN6047 in an Open Field Test

Responsibilities:

- Animal Work

- Preforming Subcutaneous Injections

- Measuring Behavioral Activity using an Open Field Test

- Conducting Various Behavioral Assays

- Performed statistical analysis on collected data, identifying key trends and patterns for further investigation