Wollmuth, Lonnie P ABSTRACT The trainee (Noele Certain) is a PhD student who is starting her 3rd year of graduate training in the Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University. Noele?s long-term goal is to maintain an independent research lab in parallel with a teaching career ? she wants to be a strong role-model and mentor to other underrepresented minorities. I believe my laboratory will provide the necessary environment for Noele to achieve her career goals. Specifically, my laboratory and its surroundings will provide Noele with a strong intellectual and technical environment; she will study scientific issues of great clinical importance (structure/function and cell biology of AMPA receptors); she will obtain rigorous training ? an issue of fundamental importance for any scientist; she will be given guidance but also considerable freedom so that she can develop and mature as an independent scientist; she will be given numerous opportunities to present her data in public forums, both locally and nationally; and finally she will be given opportunities to teach undergraand mentor undergraduates under my guidance. With a rigorous but broad background in molecular and cellular pharmacology, Noele will be well prepared to pursue her goal of a research career and to research any topic that may be appropriate as she develops her own research lab. In addition, she will be well placed to act as a mentor for undergraduate and graduate students including underrepresented minorities. Page 1

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Wollmuth, Lonnie P PROJECT NARRATIVE This minority supplement is for support of Noele Certain, a graduate student in the Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University. Noele is of Native American and West Indian heritage (see Signed Eligibility Letter). She has a career goal of running an NIH-funded research lab and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. As PI of the parent grant, I will be Noele?s mentor as outlined in the Training Plan and associated documents. Page 1

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01NS088479-06S1
Application #
10007283
Study Section
Biophysics of Neural Systems Study Section (BPNS)
Program Officer
Silberberg, Shai D
Project Start
2015-04-01
Project End
2024-03-31
Budget Start
2020-04-01
Budget End
2021-03-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2020
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
State University New York Stony Brook
Department
Neurosciences
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
804878247
City
Stony Brook
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
11794
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