Kevin Woolfrey, Graduate Student

Education

September, 2004 -     Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
                     present

August, 2004               Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

May, 2001                    Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
                                       Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Publications

Xie Z, Srivastava D. P., Photowala H., Kai L., Cahill M. E., Woolfrey, K. M., Shum, C. Y., Surmeier, D. J. and Penzes, P. (2007).  Kalirin-7 controls activity-dependent structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines.  Neuron, 56(4), 640-56.

Nam, S. C., Kim, Y., Dryanovski, D., Walker, A., Goings, G., Woolfrey, K., Kang, S. S., Chu, C., Chenn, A., Erdelyi, F., Szabo, G., Hockberger, P. and Szele, F. G. (2007).  Dynamic features of postnatal subventricular zone cell motility: a two-photon time-lapse study.  J Comp Neurol. 505(2), 190-208.

Woolfrey, K. M., Hunt, P. S. and Burk, J. A.  (2005).  Postnatal ethanol exposure disrupts signal detection in adult rats.  Neurotoxicology & Teratology, 27(6), 815-823.

Woolfrey, K. M., Musisca, N. J., Hunt, P. S. and Burk, J. A.  (2005).  Early postnatal ethanol administration does not affect prepulse inhibition in rats.  Physiology & Behavior, 84(5), 747-52.

Presentations

Kevin M. Woolfrey , Huzefa Photowala, Megumi Yamashita, Michael E. Cahill1, Cassandra Y. Shum, Deepak P. Srivastava, Lawrence Quilliam, Murali Prakriya and Peter Penzes (2007).  Poster session at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Woolfrey, K. M. (2007).  Epac2 promotes synapse destabilization.  Slide presentation at the Northwestern University Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program Annual Retreat.

Woolfrey, K. M., Photowala, H., Quilliam, L. and Penzes, P. (2006).  Epac2 integrates signals important for spine morphology.  Poster session at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Woolfrey, K. M. (2006).  Epac2: A signal integrator important for regulating dendritic spine morphology?  Department of Physiology Post Doc/Grad Student forum at Northwestern University Chicago, IL. 

Woolfrey, K. M., Burk, J. A., and Hunt, P. S.  (2004). Effects of postnatal ethanol exposure on attention in adult rats.  Poster session at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in San Diego, CA.

Woolfrey, K. M., Burk, J. A., and Hunt, P. S.  (2003).  Effects of postnatal alcohol administration on sustained attention performance in rats.  Poster session at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Woolfrey, K. M., Burk, J. A., and Hunt, P. S.  (2003). Postnatal ethanol exposure:  Implications for attention in adult rats.  Presentation at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Awards & Grants

American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowship

NIH Neuroscience in the Early Years Training Grant

College of William & Mary Minor Research Grant for thesis work on sustained attention in rats with postnatal alcohol exposure

NIH Travel Award Recipient