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Audrey Seasholtz

Research Professor Emeritus/a

MM Michigan Neuroscience Institute

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  • Research Professor Emeritus/a
    MM Michigan Neuroscience Institute
  • Center Member
    Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
  • Center Member
    Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Room 5035, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States

BIO

Audrey Seasholtz obtained her BS in biochemistry from Juniata College in Pennsylvania. She performed her graduate studies in Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She then moved to Oregon for postdoctoral studies in molecular neurobiology at University of Oregon and OHSU with Dr. Edward Herbert and Dr. James Douglass. She returned to the University of Michigan 4 years later for a position as Assistant Research Scientist in the Mental Health Research Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry. She moved through the ranks to Professor of Biological Chemistry and Research Professor in the Michigan Neuroscience Institute. She trained many graduate students (PhD and MS) and undergraduate students in her laboratory through the Biological Chemistry Department, the Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program and the Neuroscience Graduate Program. She taught medical students for 35 years and served as Associate Director or Interim Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program from 2014 to 2021. She continues to serve in multiple administrative roles in the Neuroscience Graduate Program, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, and Department of Biological Chemistry.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Professor Emeritus/a
    MM Michigan Neuroscience Institute
  • Center Member
    Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
  • Center Member
    Eisenberg Family Depression Center

DEGREES

  • BS
    Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, United States1 Sep 1974 - 1 Jun 1978
  • PhD
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States1 Sep 1978 - 30 Sep 1983

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Oregon Health & Science University, Vollum Institute, Portland, United States
    Molecular NeurosciencePredoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Herbert

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