Emma Burrows
BBSc BSc (Hons)
Brain Development Group
Neural Plasticity Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: emma.burrows@florey.edu.au
Mobile: +61 (0)407 431 376
Fax: +61 (0)3 9347 0446
Supervisor
PhD Project Title
- Experience-dependent plasticity, Phospholipase C-B1 and gene-environment interactions in the developing and mature brain.
Research Interests
- Role of experience-dependent plasticity in correct cortical development
- Modelling genetic and environmental components of psychiatric disorders in animals
Laboratory Techniques
- Immunohistochemistry
- Western Immunoblotting
- ELISA (Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay)
- Nuclear/Cytosolic Fractions
- Golgi staining
- Behavioural Phenotyping
- Elevated Plus Maze
- Light Dark box
- Forced-swim test (Porsolt)
- Tail suspension test
- Morris Water Maze
- Y maze
- Prepulse inhibition
- Behavioural Software
- EthoVision Pro / Coulburn TruScan
Additional Information
- Currently in first year of PhD
- Student representative in Students of the Howard Florey Institute
- Co-owner/director of BRAINYak, student formed company providing NeuroSlice, a 3D brain model for education and raising awareness of brain disorders
Students
