Gustavo Garriga

Hometown: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

Undergraduate Institution: The University of Texas at Arlington

Current Stage and Institution: Graduate student, Fisk University

Track: Biology

Research: At the Nelms lab, we are interested in understanding dopamine function at the molecular level due to its vast effects on cognition and motor control across the animal kingdom. We are investigating the roles and regulation of genes in dopaminergic neurons using Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) as a model system. I am particularly interested in the characterization and quantification of dopaminergic phenotypes using computer-aided video analysis systems.

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