Elizabeth West
@ewbrains.bsky.social
neuroscientist🧠, mom, Associate Professor
Rowan Virtua SOM, previously UNC, Georgetown, University of Delaware, she/her, opinions my own. west-lab.org
Rowan Virtua SOM, previously UNC, Georgetown, University of Delaware, she/her, opinions my own. west-lab.org
Excited that our new paper is out today in the Journal of Neuroscience. www.jneurosci.org/content/46/6...
Aberrant Medial Prefrontal Cortex Activity and Flexible Behavior in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Executive dysfunction can precede the accumulation of canonical neuropathological markers and severe dementia in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients often characterized by memory changes. Deficits in ex...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Excited that our new paper is out today in the Journal of Neuroscience. www.jneurosci.org/content/46/6...
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📢 GU Pharmacology & Physiology is hiring!
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
📢 GU Pharmacology & Physiology is hiring!
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Please share with your networks.
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology are looking for new colleagues. See the ad below.
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April 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology are looking for new colleagues. See the ad below.
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New paper from the lab: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Optogenetic stimulation of the dorsal striatum bidirectionally controls seizures | PNAS
Despite a century of development of antiseizure medications, up to a third of people
with epilepsy do not achieve seizure freedom with drug therapy...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
New paper from the lab: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
What an amazing tribute to Dr. Karen Gale’s legacy. It’s been almost 20 years since I met her at SfN and she “karened” me into the IPN (Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience) at Georgetown. I owe so much to Karen (she also “karened”in my future husband!), and I’m so grateful for mentorship.
Very proud of this paper, which spans three decades of work. (1/17) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Piriform cortex is an ictogenic trigger zone in the primate brain
Objective Area tempestas, a functionally defined region in the anterior piriform cortex, was identified as a crucial ictogenic trigger zone in the rat brain in the 1980s. However, whether the primat...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What an amazing tribute to Dr. Karen Gale’s legacy. It’s been almost 20 years since I met her at SfN and she “karened” me into the IPN (Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience) at Georgetown. I owe so much to Karen (she also “karened”in my future husband!), and I’m so grateful for mentorship.
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My lab is hiring a full-time tech for an NIH funded project. Please share with anyone who may be looking for a position! Job ad closes on Friday January 10th! jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
Rowan HR - Details - Research Technician (PSS4, Full-time Temporary), Department of Biomedical Sciences, CMSRUJob Postings | Human Resources | Rowan University
Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified national doctoral research institution dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education.
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January 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My lab is hiring a full-time tech for an NIH funded project. Please share with anyone who may be looking for a position! Job ad closes on Friday January 10th! jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
Reposted by Elizabeth West
My lab is hiring a full-time tech for an NIH funded project. Please share with anyone who may be looking for a position! jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
Rowan HR - Details - Research Technician (PSS4, Full-time Temporary), Department of Biomedical Sciences, CMSRUJob Postings | Human Resources | Rowan University
Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified national doctoral research institution dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education.
jobs.rowan.edu
December 19, 2024 at 10:36 PM
My lab is hiring a full-time tech for an NIH funded project. Please share with anyone who may be looking for a position! jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
Check out West lab posters at SfN 2023!
November 11, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Check out West lab posters at SfN 2023!