NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellow
BA (2010) University of North Florida
Email: lls222@cornell.edu
Research Interests: social bonding, partner preference, early-life experiences, social aggression, vasopressin, oxytocin, chemogenetics, epigenetics, individual differences
Specific Interests:
I am interested in investigating how early-life adversity can alter the neurochemical integrity of brain regions and pathways important for social interactions and pair bonding. Specifically, I want to understand how the quality and quantity of parental care can shape the development of social behaviors and how exposure to stressful environments can alter social affilation and pair bonding. I plan to approach these topics by integrating genetic, epigenetic, and chemogenetic techniques to probe the function of the vasopressin and oxytocin systems.
Papers (from the lab):
Sailer LL, Haghani A, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Ophir AG, Horvath S (2020) Pair bonding slows epigenetic aging and alters methylation in brains of prairie voles. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.25.313775.
Undergrads | Date Joined |
Faith Paris | 2022-Pres |
Amit Hanadari-Levy | 2021-Pres |
Pooja Patel | 2020-2021 |
Bianca Beckwith | 2020-2022 |
Joanna Moon | 2020-2021 |
Abigail Galvez | 2019-2021 |
Ashley Park | 2019-2021 |