alynda wood

national science foundation graduate

About

NSF Graduate Fellow at Emory University

Country

united states

City

atlanta

Industry

research

Skill

research, neuroscience, immunohistochemistry, mouse behavioral assays, teaching, pcr, editing, technical writing

Experience

graduates in neuroscience peer liaison

emory university

2017-10 - 2019-6 · 1 yr 9 mos

national science foundation graduate

editorial assistant

peak sports.com youth sport psychology

2008-2 - 2009-4 · 1 yr 3 mos

teaching assistant

hampshire college

2010-9 - 2010-12 · 4 mos

Teaching Assistant for "Other Minds," an introductory course on cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience. Responsible for holding weekly discussion sections, mentoring a group of 10 students on a final project, and reading and reviewing student work.

thesis student

hampshire college

2011-9 - 2012-5 · 9 mos

Studying the molecular mechanisms of associative learning in C. elegans using RNA interference on a rrf-3 -/- background.

research assistant

wiltgen molecular and cellular cognition laboratory at university of virginia

2011-6 - 2011-8 · 3 mos

* NMDA-receptor independent learning * morris water maze * neural reactivation during memory recall * age-related memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

postbaccalaureate irta fellow in the developmental neural plasticity section

national institutes of health

2012-6 - 2014-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Research in the lab of Dr. Leonardo Belluscio on neuroplasticity in the olfactory system.

Education

piedmont virginia community college

2006-1 - 2009-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

emory university

philosophy

2014-1 - 2021-1 · 7 yrs 1 mo

hampshire college

biology

2009-1 - 2012-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Activities and Societies: Culture, Brain, and Development Student Group (Co-Director); Educational Policy Committee (Member); School of Cognitive Science (Member); Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee (Elected Representative)