Alumni
Sooyoun Shin, Amanda Glenn, Eric Rae, Max Fiander, Mark Bartolacci, William Gendron
Aimee Wong
Oliver Schnare
Measuring memory strength in 5xFAD mice through olfactory discrimination tasks and Atrx gene expression in the hippocampus. Honours 2021-22.
Michael Bellefontaine
Analysis of Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Transgenic Neurexin1 Mouse Pups from 1 to 15 days of Age. Honours 2021-22.
Dammy Emeto
Differential Reinforcement of Low Rate of Responding in Nrxn1 mouse model of autism spectrum disorder at sixteen weeks of age (Kyle). Honours 2020-21.
Katie Scott
Behavioural phenotype of the NRXN1 dS5/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Honours 2019-20.
Elise Gammans
Behavioural characterization of the Nrxn1 +/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder at two months of age. 3000 Project: 2019-20.
Sydney Mosaheb
Behavioural phenotype of the Nrxn1 +/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder at two months of age. 3000 Project: 2019-20.
Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun
Behavioural analysis of the MDGA2+/- mouse model of Autism spectrum disorders at 15 months of age. (B00732927) Honours 2018-19.
Michaela Purdon
Behavioural characterization of the MDGA2+/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder at nine months of age. (B00683063) Honours 2018-19.
Armita Amirimoghadam
Noise-induced hearing loss does not affect spatial learning and memory in C57BL6/J mice. Honours 2018-19. Co-Supervised by Dr. Jian Wang.
Paula Torres Munoz
Neurobehavioural characterization during early development of the Nrxn1+/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Honours 2018-19.
Qendresa Sahiti
Behavioural Phenotype of the NRXN1ΔHS Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. (P/N 3000) 2018-19.
Spencer Brown
Behavioural Characterization of the 2-Month-Old Nrxn1+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.(P/N 3000) 2018-19.
Emma Courtney
Noise Induced Hearing Loss did not cause Spatial Memory and Learning Deficits in 4-Month Old C57BL/6J Mice in the Morris Water Maze. (P/N 4740) 2018-19.
Mitchell Harrie
Tail use and balance control in 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. (N3000) 2017-2018.
Michaela Purdon
The effects of visual ability on behaviour of MDGA2+/- mouse models of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). (N3000) 2017-2018.
Marwan Ibraham
Analysis of metabolism and behaviour in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. (N3000) 2017-18.
Katie Douglas
Sensory deprivation experiments. Essay. (Psych 4000B) Jan - April 2018.
Ryan Wheeler
Region specific A-beta (1-42) and TXNIP expression in the aging hippocampus of the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. Co-supervised with Ian Weaver. Honours BSc 2015-16.
Nicole Woodland
Assessing anxiety- and depression-like behaviour in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Evaluating effects of housing, sex and age. Honours BSc 2016-17.
Adriana Pilgrim
The impact of social isolation on frailty and anxiety in 3xTg and 5xFAD mice. (N3001) summer 2016.
Alexis Wheeler
The effects of exercise in a running wheel on spatial learning and memory in the Morris water maze on female 3xTg-AD mice and their WT controls at 16 months of age. (BIOL 4807, Special topics class) Jan-April 2017.
Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun
Examining motor function of male and female 3XTg-AD mice at 16 months of age. (N3001B) Jan-April 2017.
Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun
Neurobehavioural development of the MDGA2+/- mouse model of Autism spectrum disorders. (NESC 4000) September-December 2017.
Taigan MacGowan
Aggression and social interaction in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer Disease. Co-supervised with Tamara Franklin. Honours BSc 2015-16.
Ryan Wheeler
Performance of the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease on odour discrimination, memory and odour sensitivity in the operant olfactometer (P3000) 2015-2016.
Michael Landsman
Plaque load in hypothalamic regions associated with appetite and metabolism in the 5xFAD mouse. (N3000) 2015-2016.
Nicole Woodland
Examining sex differences in spatial memory and anxiety-related behaviour in 3xTg-AD mice in the Hebb-Williams maze. (N3000) 2015-2016.
Katerina Allan
Effects of aqueous Rawolfia vomitoria root bark extract on microglial activation and colocalization with amyloid beta plaques in the 5xFAD mouse model of AD. (N3000) 2015-2016.
Kindree Alkins
Interval timing behaviour in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (N3000) 2015-2016.
Nicole Hodder
Comparing age-related changes in frailty in the 3xTg-AD and 5xFAD mouse models of AD and their wildtype controls. (N3001) Jan-April 2016.
Amanda Glenn
Effects of intranasal insulin administration on memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Honours BSc (N4500) 2014-15.
Taigan MacGowan
A correlational study of social interaction, apathy an anxious behaviour in 5XFAD transgenic Alzheimer model mice. (P3000) 2014-2015
Angus Campbell
Supervision of independent research project on A meta-analysis of Sex Differences in behaviour of Alzheimer's Model mice. (Neurosci 4000B) Jan-April 2015.
Gregory Palmer
Interval timing in 5xFAD mice and their wildtype littermates. (BIOL 4806.03 Special Topics) Sept-Dec 2015. (Co-supervised by Fuat Balci).
Emre Fertan
Age-Related Changes in Working Memory and Anxiety Like Behaviours in the Hebb-Williams Maze in the Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease (N 3000) 2013-14
Christine Van Winssen
Behavioural Characterization of the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. (N3000) 2013-14.
Stephanie Pelletier
Hormonal and Metabolic Dysfunction in the Alzheimer’s Disease 5xFAD Mouse Model. (N3000) 2013-14.
Kurt Stover
PhD (2012 - 2015): Age and sex differences in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
MSc (2010 - 2012): Longitudinal assessment of learning, memory and social behaviour in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Honours (2009-2010): Evaluation of visual ability, learning and memory in the APPSwe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
P3000 (2008-2009): A longitudinal analysis of learning and memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Sooyoun Shin
Honours Thesis: Comparison of age-related changes in frailty in 3xTg-AD and 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.
Amanda Glenn
Honours Thesis: Effects of intranasal insulin administration on memory in the 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.
Stephanie Pelletier
Honours Thesis: Hormones.
Christine Van Winssen
Honours Thesis: Effects of genotype and sex on reversal learning in the Morris Water Maze in 3xTg-AD mice.
P.C. Zhang
Research Associate
Long Ma
Visiting student from October 2013 to October 2014.
Mark Bartolacci
N3000 (2012-2013): The presence of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in triple transgenic and control (B6129SF1/J) mice at 2 and 15 months of age.
Sarah Bolivar
N4000 (2012-2013): How to develop a behavioural bioassay.
N3001 (2012): Evaluation of associative learning in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Max Fiander
N3000 (2012-2013): The effects of background genes on learning and memory in Alzheimer’s mouse models.
Jonathan Oore
N3001 (2012): Age-related changes in motor ability and motor learning in triple transgenic (3XTg-AD) and control (B6129F1/J) mice on the accelerating rotarod.
Ivy Tree
P3000 (2012-2013): Species-typical behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ludovic Tripoteau
PhD (visiting student from Université de Bretagne Sud, France, 2013; with Dr. Cai Song): Evaluation of extracts from the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa on cellular model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Lixing Liu
PhD (visiting student from Beijing, 2012-2013; with Dr. Cai Song).
Serdar Alpdogan
PhD (visiting student from University of Cologne, 2013; with Dr. Cai Song).
Fahd Al-Dhalaan
MED 1 (2012-2013): Grooming in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Timothy O’Leary
PhD (2007-2013): Evaluation of learning and memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
MSc (2005-2007): Validation of the Barnes maze as a visuo-spatial learning and memory task for mice.
Honours (2004-2005): Performance of C57BL/6J mice on three versions of the Barnes maze.
P3000 (2003-2004): JAX Phenome Project: Strain differences in mouse behaviour.
Leanne Fraser
PhD (2009-2013): Evaluation of learning and memory in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
MSc (2007-2009): The effects of environmental and social enrichment on learning and memory in a double transgenic (APP+PS1) mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Xiaomei (Shelly) Gu
PDF (2011-2014): Neuroinflammatory mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
Sunday Bisong
PDF (2012-2013): Effects of Rauwolfia vomitoria on the behaviour and brains of 5xFAD mice.
PhD (visiting student from the University of Calabar in Nigeria, as part of the Commonwealth Africa Graduate Students Exchange Program; 2007): What are the behavioural effects of Rauwolfia vomitoria, a traditional herbal medicine in Africa, on mice?
Jocelyn Whitehead
Honours (2012-2013): Anxiety, cognition and social behaviour in the 12 month old 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
N3000 (2011-2012): Examination of neurodevelopment in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Amanda Robertson
Honours (2012-2013): Motor ability in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Kevin Le
N3001 (2012): Beta-amyloid in Crus 2 and the simple lobule of the cerebellum may contribute to grooming impairments and an abnormal clasping pattern in 5XFAD mice.
Kaitlyn Gordon
P3000 (2012-2013): A longitudinal study of the effect of maternal genotype on behaviour in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Gillian Arseneau
Honours (2011-2012; with Dr. Heather Schellinck): Validation of a working memory paradigm in a operant olfactometer.
N3001 (2011): Evaluation of a visually-based matching-to-sample learning paradigm in mice.
Joanna Blodgett
Honours (2011-2012): Detection of early-life cognitive deficits in the 5xFAD mouse model of AD.
N3001 (2011): Evaluation of working memory tasks in female mice.
Antonios Diab
Honours (2011-2012; with Dr. Melanie Kelly): Evaluation of visual behaviour and retinal pathology in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
N3000 (2010-2011): A histological analysis of amyloid plaque burden and neural degeneration in two mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.
NSERC Summer Student (2010)
Michelle Hicks
P3000 (2011-2012): Analysis of learning and memory in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Emma Neynans
P3001 (2012): Analysis of visual ability of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Jessica Soley
Honours (2011-2012): Analysis of species-typical behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse model of AD.
P3001 (2011): Evaluation of working memory tasks in male mice.
Marcelo Salviano
PhD (visiting student from Universidade de Brasilia, 2011-2012): Analysis of anxiety- and depression-related behaviours on cognition in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Meike Keuters
MSc (visiting student from University of Cologne, 2012; with Dr. Sultan Darvesh): Examination of motor behavior in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
L. Dietmar Hestermann
MSc (visiting student from Maastricht University, The Netherlands; 2011): Neural and behavioural analyses of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Daniel Ikpi
PhD (visiting student from University of Calabar, Nigeria; 2011): Learning, memory and species-typical behaviours in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Caitlin Blaney
Honours (2010-2011): Evaluation of neurodevelopment in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ahmed Hussin
Honours (2010-2011): Evaluation of spatial and working memory in the APP+PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
P3000 (2009-2010): Pharmacological validation of the triple test (OF/EPM/LD Box) of mouse anxiety.
Hector Mantolino
Honours (2010-2011): Evaluation of learning and memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
P3000 (2008-2009): A cross-sectional analysis of learning and memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
NSERC Summer Student (2008)
Aimee Wong
PhD (2005-2010): Neuro-behavioural analysis of visual ability in a mouse model of glaucoma.
MSc (2003-2005): Age-related changes in visual acuity, learning and memory in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice.
Honours (2002-2003): Behavioural assessment of visual discrimination, pattern recognition and visual acuity in seven strains of mice.
Brianna Goad
Honours (2009-2010): The effects of separation-based depression on the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a transgenic mouse model.
Dr. Andre de Avila Ramos
Visiting Professor (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil; 2009): Validation of the triple test (OF/EPM/LDB) of anxiety in mice.
Ashley Whittaker
Research Assistant (2008-2009)
P3001/P4000 (2007-2008): Learning and memory in a single transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
P3000 (2006-2007): Learning and memory in a double (APP+PS1) transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Alison Martin
Honours (2008-2009): Validation of a mouse model of depression using fluoxetine.
NSERC Summer Student (2008)
P3001 (2008): Social isolation as a mouse model of depression.
Jacalynne Hernandez-Lee
Honours (2007-2008): A comparison of two aged double transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease in tests of species-typical and social behaviours.
NSERC Summer Student (2007)
P3001 (2007): Emotionality and fear learning in a double transgenic (APP+PS1) mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Kaitlyn Lee
P3000 (2007-2008): How does maternal environment affect the development of Coloboma mutant mice?
Joi Yu
Summer Research Assistant (2007, 2008)
Jennifer Covey
P3000 (2006-2007): Learning and memory in a double transgenic (APP+PS1) mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
P3001 (2006): Learning and memory in BTBR mice.
Nikki Hoffman
Research Assistant (2006-2007)
Honours (2004-2005): The effect of mu-p75 saporin on cognitive function in C57BL/6J mice.
P3000 (2003-2004): The JAX Phenome Project: Strain differences in mouse behaviour.
Andrew Johnston
Research Assistant (2003-2007): Strain differences in the 5-choice serial reaction time task.
Mary-Elyn Keenan
P3000 (2006-2007): Are Coloboma mice a good model of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Amanda O’Reilly
NSERC Summer Student (2007)
Teena Chase
PhD (2001-2006; co-supervised with Dr. Mike Wilkinson): The effects of methylphenidate on gene expression in the developing rat brain.
Deborah Ikede
Honours (2005-2006): Strain differences between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice in the olfactory and tactile set-shifting task.
Jeff McCrossin
P3000 (2005-2006): Mouse sexual behaviour (C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice)
Robert Vermeulen
P3001 (visiting student from Maastricht University; 2005): Learning and memory in the BTBR mouse.
Eva Gunde
Honours (2004-2005; co-supervised with Dr. Kim Good): Volumetric assessment of olfactory bulb and anterior temporal lobe in patients with first episode psychosis.
Paul Mendella
PhD (2000-2005): The effects of CCK on the development of ultrasonic vocalizations in infant rat pups.
Anna Robinson
Honours (2004-2005): Effects of prenatal methylphenidate (Ritalin) and postnatal housing environment on adult mouse behaviour.
2004/2005 Rhodes Scholar.
Vicki Savioe
Research Assistant (2003-2005)
P3000 (2002-2003): Testing mice in the JAX Phenome Project: behavioural differences between strains.
Jordan Braun
P3000 (2003-2004): The effects of estrogen on operant olfactory learning and memory in C57BL/6J mice.
Lisa Currie
Research Assistant (2003-2004)
Honours (2002-2003): Behavioural and histological analysis of the effects on mu-p75 saporin in an effort to create a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Karman Lock
Honours (2003-2004): The effect of methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH) on the behavioural development of coloboma mice pups, an animal model of ADHD.
Alexa Mackay
P3000 (2003-2004): Effects of Ritalin on activity levels in California mice.
Ria Neish
Honours (2003-2004): Effects of postnatal exposure of MPH on behavioural development in differently housed C57BL/6J mice.
Mike Fader
Honours (2002-2003): The behavioural effects of early postnatal methylphenidate hydrochloride administration on developing Coloboma mutant mouse pups and their littermate (C3H/HeSnJ) controls.
Scott Fairless
MSc (1999-2003): Developing methods of assessing olfactory working memory using a two-odour match-to-sample task: Implications for rat models of Alzheimer’s disease.
Anna Lee
PhD (1998-2003): Neural and endocrine control of paternal behaviour in California mice, Peromyscus californicus.
Martin Williamson
Honours (2002-2003): The effects of postnatal environmental enrichment following prenatal methylphenidate exposure on locomotion, anxiety and spatial learning in C57BL/6J mice.
P3000 (2001-2002): Strain differences in locomotion, anxiety, spatial learning and memory performance between C57BL/6J and 129S3 mice.