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Dr. Sheehy successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Interrogating the Role of G9a in the Brain During Health, Aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease,” guided by Dr. Juan Song, on May 15th.

Dr. Ryan Sheehy with his cake for his PhD celebration. The cake has a sign attached saying "It's DR Actually"
Dr. Ryan Sheehy with his cake for his PhD celebration.

Publications

In Graduate Program

Sheehy RN, Quintanilla LJ, Song J. Neurosci. Lett. 766, 136343 (2022).  doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136343. ±Ê²Ñ±õ¶Ù:Ìý34774980.
Xie L#, Sheehy RN#. (co-first), Xiong Y#, Muneer A, Wrobel J, Park KS, Velez J, Liu J, Li YD, Luo YJ, Quintanilla L, Li Y, Xu C, Deshmukh M, Wen Z, Jin J*, Song J*, Chen X*. medRxiv [preprint], (2023) doi: 10.1101/2023.10.25.23297491. ±Ê²Ñ±õ¶Ù:Ìý37961307.
Li YD, Luo YJ, Xie L, Tart DS, Sheehy RN, Zhang L, Coleman LG, Chen X, Song J. Cell Stem Cell 30, 415-432 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.02.006. ±Ê²Ñ±õ¶Ù:Ìý37028406.
Quintanilla L, Su Y, Simon JM, Luo YJ, Asrican B, Tart S, Sheehy RN, Li YD, Ming GL, Song H, Song J. bioRxiv [preprint], (2022) doi:10.1101/2022.05.25.493227v1.full

Before Graduate Program

Doellman MM, Hood GR, Gersfeld J, Driscoe A, Xu CCY, Sheehy RN, Holmes N, Yee W, Feder JL. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Volume 113, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 246–256.
Dorrier CE, Aran D, Haenelt EA, Sheehy RN, Hoi KK, Pintarić L, Chen Y, Lizama CO, Cautivo KM, Weiner GA, Popko B, Fancy SPJ, Arnold TD, Daneman R. Nature Neuroscience, 24, 234–244 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41593-020-00770-9. ±Ê²Ñ±õ¶Ù:Ìý33526922.

# indicates co-first authors.

Honors, Awards, Highlights

Pharmacology T32 grant appointment, 2021, 2022
Pharmacology Department Thomas Collum Butler Award, 2023

Dr. Sheehy’s future career plan is to be a founding member and scientist for a company that Dr. Song and their collaborators are starting to advance the novel drug that he was researching into clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.

We wish you all the best, Ryan!

Pics from Ryan’s defense and celebration (click for larger view)