RESUMENES SELECCIONADOS / PRESENTACIONES DE INVESTIGACIÓN
*SFN = Society for Neuroscience
*SOT = Society of Toxicology

PÓSTER 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, K. Weyenberg, A. Quezada, E. Jao, J.M. Uribe Salazar, A. Sriram, P. Lein, L.E. Jao, M.Y. Dennis. Using zebrafish as a tool to study SLC7A5, a gene implicated in autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy. SFN 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October 22, 2019. 
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, K. Burbach, E. Ferino, M. Bader, P.J. Lein, L.E. Jao, M.Y. Dennis. Using zebrafish as a tool to model patient mutations of KCNB1 and its role in epilepsy. UC Davis Human Genomics Symposium. Sacramento, CA. November 16, 2018.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, K. Burbach, E. Ferino, M. Bader, P.J. Lein, L.E. Jao, M.Y. Dennis. Using zebrafish as a tool to model patient mutations of KCNB1 and its role in epilepsy. SFN 2018 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 6, 2018.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, K. Burbach, E. Ferino, P. Lein, L.E. Jao, F. Hormozdiari, M.Y. Dennis. Using CRISPR gene editing of kcnb1 in zebrafish to understand its role in epilepsy. UC Davis Human Genomics Symposium. Sacramento, CA. November 17, 2017. 
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, K. Burbach, E. Ferino, P. Lein, L.E. Jao, M.Y. Dennis. Using zebrafish as a tool to model patient mutations of kcnb1 and its role in epilepsy. 2nd Northern California Fish Research Symposium. Davis, CA. August 22, 2017.
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  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, N. Colón-Carrión, W. D. Atchison. Methylmercury alters intracellular calcium concentrations in human-induced pluripotent stem cell motor neurons in a concentration dependent manner. SOT 2017 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. March 13, 2017.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, W. D. Atchison. Acute methylmercury exposure leads to alterations in AMPA and NMDA receptor expression in the motor neuron NSC34 cell line. SFN 2016 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. November 13, 2016.
 
  •  A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, W. D. Atchison. Contribution of AMPA receptors in methylmercury-induced cell death in the motor neuron NSC34 cell line, SOT 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. March 14, 2016.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, E. S. Rodriguez-Tapia, C. T. Tiernan, W. D. Atchison. Bridge to Neuroscience Workshop: taking neuroscience to high school and undergraduate students in Puerto Rico, SFN 2015 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 17-18, 2015.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela and W. D. Atchison. In vivo methylmercury exposure alters glutamate receptor mRNA levels in rat forebrain. SOT 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 24, 2015.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela and W. D. Atchison. Brain region-dependent effects of methylmercury on expression of ligand- & voltage-gated calcium channels in rat. SFN 2014 Annual Meeting, Washington. DC. November 16, 2014.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, Brain region dependent effects of methylmercury on expression of ligand and voltage-gated calcium channels in rat. SOT 2014 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. March 25, 2014.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, A. L. Perez Medina, W. D. Atchison. Postnatal methylmercury exposure alters glutamate receptor mRNA expression in rat spinal cord. SFN 2013 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. November 11, 2013.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, W. D. Atchison. Comparative study of the effects of postnatal methylmercury exposure on the expression of ligand-gated and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in rat cerebellum. Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity, Gordon Research Conference, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH. August 12-13, 2013.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, S. Escudero, Y. Yuan, W. D. Atchison. Low dose postnatal methylmercury exposure alters mRNA levels of rat brainstem glutamate receptors and voltage gated calcium channels. SOT 2013 Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. March 13, 2013.
 
  • C. T. Tiernan, A. Colón-Rodríguez, E. S. Rodríguez-Tapia, C. Dams, B. D. Hammond, C. R. Hutch, H. N. Kerver, B. M. Marrero-Rosado, W. D. Atchison. Bridge to the Ph.D. in Neuroscience: A platform to increase Hispanic representation in neuroscience research. SFN 2012 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 16, 2012.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, W. D. Atchison. Effects of chronic methylmercury exposure on mRNA expression of ligand and voltage gated ion channels in cerebellum and forebrain of adult mice. SFN 2012 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 16, 2012.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, and W. D. Atchison. Effects of chronic postnatal methylmercury exposure on the expression of GABAA receptor subunits in mouse cerebellum. SOT 2012 Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. March 12, 2012.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, Y. Yuan and W. D. Atchison. Ion channel gene transcription is affected differentially in rat cerebellum after postnatal methylmercury exposure. SOT 2011 Annual meeting, Washington, DC. March 8, 2011.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez, R. K. Hajela, W. D. Atchison. Expression of nerve membrane proteins in a naturally occurring Ca+2 channelopathy. Ronald E. McNair Undergraduate Research Symposium, East Lansing, MI. August 5, 2009.
 
ORAL​  
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez. Comparative effects of methylmercury on expression of ligand-gated and voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cerebellum and brainstem. NEURAL Conference, Birmingham, AL. June 25, 2015.
 
  • A. Colón-Rodríguez. MSU AGEP Community Meeting. Methylmercury toxicity and motor neuron degeneration. Why do we care? East Lansing, MI. September 2014.
 

PUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICAS
  • Effects of methylmercury on spinal cord afferents and efferents – A review. A. Colón-Rodríguez, H. E. Hannon, and W. D. Atchison. Neurotoxicology. En prensa, Diciembre 2016.
 
  • Evaluating a gene-environment interaction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Methylmercury exposure and mutated SOD1. J. M. Bailey, A. Colón-Rodríguez, and W. D. Atchison. Current Environmental Health Reports. En prensa, Abril 2017. 
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  • Bridge to Neuroscience Workshop: An effective educational tool to introduce principles of neuroscience to Hispanic students. A. Colón-Rodríguez, E. S. Rodríguez-Tapia, C. T. Tiernan, and W. D. Atchison. PLOS ONE. En prensa, Diciembre 2019.
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  • The next 50 years of neuroscience. C. Altimus, B. J. Marlin, N. E. Charalambakis, A. Colón-Rodríguez, et al. The Journal of Neuroscience. En prensa, Enero 2020. 
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  • AMPA receptor contribution to methylmercury-mediated alteration of intracellular Ca2+ concentration in human induced pluripotent stem cell motor neurons. A. Colón-Rodríguez, N. M. Colón-Carrión, and W. D. Atchison. Neurotoxicology. En prensa, Septiembre 2020.
 
  • Assessment of autism zebrafish mutant models using a high-throughput larval phenotyping platform. A. Colón-Rodríguez, J.M. Uribe-Salazar, KC. B. Weyenberg, A. Sriram, A. Quezada, G. Kaya, E. Jao, B. Radke, P. J. Lein, M. Y. Dennis. En prensa, Noviembre 2020.​
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