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Hi, I'm Megan G. Massa, a neuroscience graduate student at UCLA specializing in neuroendocrinology
Megan G. Massa's Bio:
Megan G. Massa's Experience:
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Graduate Student at UCLA
September 2016 - Present | Los Angeles, CA -
Student Researcher at St. Josef-Hospital Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität
August 2015 - May 2016 | Bochum, Germany -
Fulbright Student Researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
September 2014 - August 2015 | Bochum, GermanyDeveloped, with others, a MS patient-derived iPSC and differentiation protocol for the study of neurodegeneration in primary neuron cultures. [Methods used: cell culture, transfection, differentiation, neuronal culture.] Began investigations concerning the differential effects of androgens and estrogens on the acute (inflammatory) and chronic (neurodegenerative) stages of EAE. [Methods used: mouse breeding, animal model (EAE), EAE scoring (10-point scale), subcutaneous injection, intracardial blood withdrawal, serum isolation, intracardial perfusion, spinal cord, brain, and spleen isolation, immunohistochemistry]
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Peer Research Mentor at Bowdoin College
September 2013 - May 2014 | Brunswick, MEAssisted young scientists on their transition into bench research. Provided mentorship, gave guidance, and served as a reference for two first-years in the Thompson lab.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher at Bowdoin College
August 2013 - May 2014 | Brunswick, MEConducted an independent research investigating rapid androgenic effects on olfactory mating behavior in goldfish, worked to confirm role of androgens, and attempted to locate plausible membrane-dwelling androgen receptors. Methods used: animal behavior, IP injection, IV injection, IHC fluorescent staining and microscopy, cryostat, dissection
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Summer Research Fellow at Bowdoin College
May 2013 - July 2013 | Brunswick, MEDesigned and executed own research experiment to investigate rapid androgenic effects on goldfish olfactory mating behavior. Funded by the Maine Space Grant Consortium.
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MEG Lab Intern at NYU Langone Medical Center
May 2012 - September 2012 | New York, NYEdited and proofed grant proposals and paper submissions. Assisted in human research, analysis, and administrative processes essential to the experiment. Gained exposure to MEG processing through MatLab. Conducted dissections of and recordings from female squid giant synapses at Woods Hole, MA.
Megan G. Massa's Education:
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Bowdoin College
2010 – 2014BAConcentration: Neuroscience major, English minor -
High Technology High School
2006 – 2010
Megan G. Massa's Interests & Activities:
Neuroscience, tour guiding, music, Broadway, Bowdoin Student Government