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Adam Gerber
MS IV
gerbera@upstate.edu

Department: Neuroscience & Physiology
Advisor: Mary Lou Vallano, PhD

Research Interests:

Neurodegeneration
Traumatic brain injury
Glutamate excitotoxicity

Awards and Honors:

College of Medicine Award for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008.

Publications:

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2006) Structural properties of the NMDA receptor and the design of neuroprotective therapies. Mini Rev Med Chem 6:805-815

Jennings J, Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2008) Pharmacological Strategies for Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury. Mini Rev Med Chem Jun;8(7):689-701.

Gerber AM, Beaman-Hall CM, Mathur A and Vallano ML (2010). Reduced blockade by extracellular Mg2+ is permissive to NMDA receptor activation in cerebellar granule neurons that model a migratory phenotype. J Neurochem. Jul;114(1):191-202.

Abstracts and Presentations:

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Disassociated Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells as a Model of Synaptic Development in the Early CNS. Charles R. Ross Student Research Day. SUNY Upstate Medical Univ. Syracuse, NY

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Disassociated Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells as a Model of Synaptic Development in the Early CNS. National MD/PhD Conference. Keystone, CO

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Physiologic Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells: Evidence Supporting Their Use as a Model For Synaptic Development and Excitotoxicity. (oral presentation and abstract) Cold Spring Harbor Symposium: “Synapses from Molecular Circuits to Behavior.” Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Jennings J, Gerber AM and Vallano ML (2008) The Role of the NMDA Receptor and Downstream Kinases in Traumatic Brain Injury, Plasticity, and Neuronal Excitotoxicity. AANS. San Diego, CA

Gerber AM and Vallano ML (2009). Physiologic Culture of Cerebellar Granule Neurons as a Model to Examine in Changing Role of Glutamate Signaling in Neuronal Survival and Maturation. Gordon Conference on Neurotropins. Newport, RI.

Yung Lyou

"In addition to my primary investigator, I've had several other mentors," said Yung Lyou, who studies genetic eye disorders. "By collaborating with Frank Middleton, PhD, our Microarray core facility director, I've been able to run screens on thousands of genes at one time. That's interdisciplinary. I was also able to take a two-week course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, so that I could learn other techniques to help me in my research here."