Vineet Arora

Worked on a project related to Nav1.7 CRS mutation, generated patch clamp intrinsic excitability and synaptic activity data from Insular Cortex

• Overcame technical challenges by troubleshooting equipment issues or refining experimental procedures as necessary.
• Learnt spinal cord isolation from mice

• Identified 10% hCSF supplementation as optimal for enhancing neuronal survival and reducing cell death.
• Performed SYTOX Green and Calcein AM/EthD2 dual-staining assays to assess neuronal viability.
• Established a reproducible in vitro neuroprotection model with implications for studying neurodegeneration, neurotoxicity, and regenerative neuroscience.
• Mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral trainees on primary neuronal culture preparation

• Conducted neurophysiology research at the Byrd Electrophysiology Core using mouse brain slices and cultured neurons.
• Applied advanced and custom techniques in synaptic physiology, contributing to multiple NIH, VA, and foundation-funded projects.
• Served as a core scientific member at the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute.

• Conducted research on neurodevelopmental disorders, with findings published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Neuroscience and eLife.
• Effectively communicated results to advance collaborative research efforts and streamline experimental workflows.

• Electrophysiologist and gene therapist with expertise in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders, in utero electroporation, and in vitro/ex vivo patch-clamp techniques.
• Supervised laboratory personnel to enhance performance and presented findings at research conferences using advanced statistical and visualization tools.

• Worked on Predoctoral project on 'Role of Kainate receptors in amygdala and associated behaviors' leading to high impact publication in Cell press journal/Cell Reports
• Constructed academic papers, reports, presentations and grants to obtain interest and funds for research studies.

• Nuclear medicine procedures injecting radiopharmaceuticals intravenously for bone scans, DMSA, renal Mag 3, Cystograms, Thyroid I-131 therapies, Gallium, I-123 MIBG scans, I-123 thyroid, etc
• Professionally kept department records ready for inspection, kept patient confidentiality. Worked efficiently with ease, care, and respect toward peers and patients.

• Carried out experiments under supervision, developing variety of basic molecular biology skills such as qPCR method to detect DNA damage (Santos Method), gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, RNA isolation, Immunohistochemistry, etc
• Published results as fourth author in BMC Neurology related to Molecular characterization of a novel heterozygous splice site mutation (c.2046 + 1) G>T in LRSAM1 gene in a patient with CMT 2 of Autosomal dominant (AD) inheritance

• Responsible for handling radioactive materials and operating radionuclide measuring and imaging devices for the purpose of obtaining quality diagnostic information concerning various bodily functions and structures.
• AERB Certified Radiation safety officer level 2