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André White

Publication

López, A.J., Hecking, J.K.[MHC '19], White, A.O. (2020). The Emerging Role of ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling in Memory and Substance Use Disorders. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 21: 6816. DOI:10.3390/ijms21186816

Simkevich, M. J. [MHC '19], Campbell, R. R. and White, A. O. (2020). Examining Cocaine Conditioning Place Preference in Mice. Bio-protocol 10(8): e3595. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3595.

Alaghband, Y., Kwapis, J.L., López, A.J., White, A.O., Aimiuwu, O.V., Al-Kachak, A., Bodinayake, K.K., Oparaugo, N.C., Dang, R., Astarabadi, M., Matheos, D.P., Wood, M.A. (2017) Distinct roles for the deacetylase domain of HDAC3 in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex in the formation and extinction of memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 145C: 94-104.

White A.O., Kramár E.A., Lopez A.J., Kwapis J.L., Doan J., Saldana D., Davatolhagh M.F., Alaghband Y., Blurton-Jones M., Matheos D.P., and Wood M.A. (2016). The role of neuron-specific nucleosome remodeling in cocaine-associated memories. Nature Communications 7: 11725.

Lopez A.J., Kramár E.A., Matheos D.P., White A.O., Kwapis J.L., Vogel-Ciernia A., Sakata K., Espinoza M., and Wood M.A. (2016). Promoter specific effects of DREADD modulation on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory formation. The Journal of Neuroscience 36(12): 3588-3599.

White A.O. and Wood M.A. (2014). Does stress remove the HDAC brakes for the formation and persistence of long-term memory? Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. pii: S1074-7427 (13): 00202-5.

White A.O. and Rauhut A.S. (2014). Time-dependent effects of prazosin on the development of methamphetamine conditioned hyperactivity and context-specific sensitization in mice. Behavioral Brain Research. 263: 80-9.

Award

André White was awarded the 8th Annual Quad-L Early Career Research Award by the Department of Psychology at University of New Mexico.

Honor

André White was recently interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) for an episode of their science podcast, Short Wave. The episode, Our More-Than-Five Senses, can be found here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510351/short-wave or wherever you get your podcasts.

Craig Woodard

Grant

NSF MRI Grant, “Acquisition of integrated laser scanning/spinning disk confocal microscopy system to advance multidisciplinary research and training at Mount Holyoke College” (co-PI with Ken Colodner, Kyle Broaders, Kerstin Nordstrom, and Jared Schwartzer), September 2018 - August 2021

Craig Woodard received a National Science Foundation (NSF) DBI Grant, "UBM-Institutional: Collaborative Research: Four College Biomath Consortium," with Amherst, Smith and Hampshire Colleges. (Mount Holyoke co-PI: Martha Hoopes), September 1, 2011-August 31, 2016.

Craig Woodard received a grant from the George I. Alden Trust Grant “Microscopy Equipment for Introductory and Intermediate Science Labs” (PI--working with several other faculty) March 2008 - February 2009

The George I. Alden Trust