Adrienne Kinman
Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)
Research Topic
Visualizing and manipulating cell-type specific spatial and novelty driven memory in the subiculum
Mark Steven Cembrowski
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
Mechanisms of memory in the brain
Anxiety
Big Data
Bioinformatics
Cell types
Computation
CRISPR-Cas9
Fear
Genetics
modeling
Neural circuits
neuroscience
Neuroscience of memory
PTSD
RNAseq
Relevant Thesis-Based Degree Programs
Affiliations to Research Centres, Institutes & Clusters
Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
Single-cell RNA-seq
Big data analysis (transcriptomics)
in situ hybridization
immunohistochemistry
Patch-clamp electrophysiology
Cell-type-specific gene knockouts (CRISPR)
Virus-mediated anterograde and retrograde circuit mapping
Circuit-specific silencing and activation
1P calcium imaging during behaviour
Recruitment
Master's students
Doctoral students
Postdoctoral Fellows
2023
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Publications
- Sharp cell-type-identity changes differentiate the retrosplenial cortex from the neocortex (2022)
- Elucidating memory in the brain via single‐cell transcriptomics (2021)
Journal of Neurochemistry, - Spatially patterned excitatory neuron subtypes and circuits within the claustrum (2021)
- Spatially patterned excitatory neuron subtypes and projections of the claustrum (2021)
eLife, - Extensive and spatially variable within-cell-type heterogeneity across the basolateral amygdala (2020)
eLife, 9 - Heterogeneity within classical cell types is the rule: lessons from hippocampal pyramidal neurons (2019)
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 20 (4), 193--204 - Single-cell transcriptomics as a framework and roadmap for understanding the brain (2019)
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 326, 108353 - The subiculum is a patchwork of discrete subregions (2018)
eLife, 7
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