kendall timmons

Designed and conducted original research Taught Undergraduate Student Assistant fluorescence microscopy techniques and laboratory procedures Interviewed applicants for Fall 2012 UROP position in laboratory of Dr. Hisashi Umemori Presented original research poster at Annual UROP Symposium April 2011 Poster title: Synaptic Targeting of the Inhibitory Synaptic Organizer FGF7 Completed Senior Honors Thesis April 2014 Title: The Mechanisms of Distinct Transportation and Localization of Fibroblast Growth Factors 22 and 7 during Synaptic Development Publications A. Terauchi, K. Kikuma, K. Timmons, M. Kneussel, H. Umemori. Molecular mechanisms underlying selective synaptic targeting of the excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic organizers, FGF22 and FGF7. Abstract and Poster Presentation, 42nd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience (2012). A. Terauchi, K. Timmons, K. Kikuma, Y. Pechmann, M. Kneussel, H. Umemori. Selective synaptic targeting of the excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic organizers, FGF22 and FGF7. Submitted for publication.

* Coached recreational and team gymnasts at weekly practices * Staffed holiday events, birthday parties, and summer camps * Designed lesson plans

Activities and Societies: University of Michigan Club Gymnastics, University of Michigan POPS Orchestra, Golden Key Honor Society, Neuroscience Student Association, New Life Church