Dr. Connor Wander successfully defended his PhD June 29!
The title of his talk was “Potential Mechanisms of Hippocampal Resilience to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease Pathophysiology.”
His mentors are Drs. Juan Song and Todd Cohen.
Published Journal Articles聽 and Awards
Connor was the recipient of several fellowships and grants including a Pharmacology T32 Training Grant award, a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship, and a Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
He is first author on a journal article published last year, in iScience: iScience, 2020, Wander, et al..
He is also co-author on four other journal articles:
- , Neuron, 2020, Asrican, et al.
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, J. Biol. Chem., 2019, Ajit, et al.
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, Nature Communications, 2017, Wang, et al.
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, Science Reports, 2017, Trzeciakiewicz, et al.
Connor has accepted a postdoctoral scientist position at Alkahest, a biopharmaceutical company in the San Francisco bay area with plans to move in mid-August. We wish Connor all the best in his new position!