LUBIN LAB - Key Persons
Anderson Butler, PhD - Anderson joined the lab in May 2013 working on Epigenetic regulation of genes in long-term memory formation. He used tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 to drive epigenome changes at gene promoters.
Ashleigh Irwin, PhD - Ashleigh worked on the role of astrocytic long non-coding RNA NEAT1 in mediate cognitive dysfunction in aging and AD. She defended her PhD dissertation in April 2023, and is currently finishing the MD portion of his MD/PhD.
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- Prior Student in the Science and Technology Honors Program and Neuroscience Major at UAB 2009 - 2013. Now Enrolled in Medical School at South Alabama School of Medicine
Ashton Wheeler, BS -Prior student in the Science and Technology Honors Program and Neuroscience major at UAB 2009-2013. Now enrolled in Medical school at South Alabama School of Medicine.
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- UAB Undergraduate Student, Joined August 2023
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- UAB Neuroscience Undergradate Student, 2019
Dr. Lubin received her undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama and her Ph.D. in Cell/Molecular Biology and Immunology from Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. She has also worked as a research assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Lubin has completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Molecular Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and most recently in the Department of Neurobiology at UAB. Dr. Lubin is a recipient of a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIMH) and FASEB Award. Her research gives insight not only into the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying long-term memory in the healthy brain, but also insights into the fundamental mechanisms that might be deranged in cognitive disorders. Dr. Lubin's research is primarily directed towards characterizing the role of epigenetic mechanisms and signaling cascades that mediate the interaction of transcription factors like NFkappaB to chromatin, and determining how they participate in the regulation of gene expression as they relate to learning and memory.
-joined the Lubin lab in January 2009 as a graduate student in Neurobiology (Cell and Molecular Biology Program). Swati is now a post-doc in Dr. Josef Kittler Laboratory at UCL.
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- Bac Student UAB 2012 - 2013. Now at Tulane University
Jennifer "Jenny" Nelson-Brantley joined the Lubin Lab in September 2023.
Jenny is a transplant from Kansas City and brings with her over 20 years of research experience. She enjoys a good barbeque and The Kansas City Chiefs. When not in the lab, she can be found hanging out with her friends and family.
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- UAB Undergraduate Student
Maria Jones-Muhammad, Ph.D. joined the lab in July 2023
She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and her BS in Chemistry from Tougaloo College in Jackson, MS. Her research focuses on investigating how in utero exposure to THC and CBD affects the susceptibility of male and female offspring to seizures, particularly focused on epigenetic changes that occur during neurodevelopment.
Richard Sanchez, PhD - Richard worked on metabolic control of epigenetic mechanisms in human epilepsy and rodent experimental models of epilepsy and epilepsy-associated memory dysfunction.
Robin Davis, BS-Lab Technician 2009-2012. Now in the UAB graduate school for Genetic Counseling degree.
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- Graduate Student in Neurobiology ( Neuroscience Program ) 2011 - 2012. Earned Master 's Degree in 2015
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- UAB Undergraduate Student
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- Masters Student and Prior Student in the Science and Technology Honors Program at UAB 2009 - 2012. Now at John Hopkins
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- UAB Neuroscience Undergraduate Student, 2019
Taylor Davis - Taylor worked in the lab as an undergraduate student at BSU, and then as a Postbac. She is now a PhD student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program at UAB.
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- Bac Student UAB 2011 - 2012. Now a Graduate Student in Psychology
Will Webb, PhD - Will joined the lab in August 2014 as part of the MSTP/CMDB program studying NF-kappaB methylation and histone methylation in memory consolidation. He defended his PhD dissertation in August 2018, and is currently finishing the MD portion of his MD/PhD.