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Date of Birth: September 3, 1978 Place of Birth: Medellin, Colombia "la ciudad de la eterna primavera" High School: Bachillerato Femenino de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Undergraduate Education: Temple University, Chemistry Graduate School Program: Chemistry, Penn State University Favorite Activities: read, dance, and have fun Words of Wisdom: "Your future depends on many things but mostly on you" (Frank Tyge) |
Research:
Study of the kinetics of serotonin transport with carbon fiber electrode voltammetry
Posters and Publications:
Perez, X.A. and Andrews, A.M. 5-HT uptake in SERT knockout mice by chronoamperometry. Serotonin Conference: Serotonin: From the molecule to the Clinic. New Orleans, LA. 2000
Perez, X.A. and Andrews, A.M. Dopamine uptake in SERT knockout mice Chronoamperometry. Society for Neuroscience 31st annual meeting. San Diego, CA. 2001
Perez, X.A., Mathews, T.A., Andrews, A.M. Adaptations in dopamine neurochemistry in SERT knockout mice by microdialysis and chronoamperometry. 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002.
Andrews, A.M., Mathews, T.A., Unger E.L., Perez, X.A., Electrochemical Methodology Elucidates Changes in Synaptic 5-HT Caused by Intermediate Reductions in SERT Expression. Society for Neuroscience 32nd annual meeting. Orlando, Fl. 2002.
Perez, X. A., Unger, E.L, Andrews, A. M.: Chronoamperometry Detects Modest Changes in Uptake in SERT Knockout Mice: Implications for Neural Control of Locomotor Activity (submitted to Journal of Neurochemistry).
Honors:
PSU Chemistry Department Apple Graduate Student Research Award, 2001
Phela Fay Braucher Scholarship, 2001
PSU Graduate School Minority Fellowship, 1999-2001