Garret Wang
Phase 1 First Year Student
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Education
Research Interests
Neuroanatomy, cognition and behavior, pathology, translational research
Research Experience
National Institutes of Health, June 2022-June 2024
Advisor: Dr. Yi Gu
Project: In-vivo two-photon imaging of the Medial Entorhinal Cortex in the context of spatial navigation, memory, learning, and object recognition
Scripps Research Institute, March 2022 -June 2022
Advisor: Gabriel Lander, PhD
Project: Determining the N-terminal structure of the mitochondrial protease LONP1
Scripps Research Institute, June 2021-September 2021
Advisor: Marisa Roberto, PhD
Project: How stress, trauma, and alcohol affects the rodent brain
Publications
Malone TJ, Tien NW, Ma Y, Cui L, Lyu S, Wang G, Nguyen D, Zhang K, Myroshnychenko MV, Tyan J, Gordon JA, Kupferschmidt DA, Gu Y. A consistent map in the medial entorhinal cortex supports spatial memory. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 17;15(1):1457. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45853-4. PMID: 38368457; PMCID: PMC10874432.
Nguyen D, Wang G, Gu Y. The medial entorhinal cortex encodes multisensory spatial information. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jan 17:2024.01.09.574924. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.09.574924. PMID: 38313299; PMCID: PMC10836072.
General Interests
Creative writing, reading, music, hiking, film, longboarding, snowboarding, and competitive napping