CAMRYN LOWE
P&Tx PhD Student, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Kansas
Education
B.S. in Biotechnology, Ferris State University, 2023
RESEARCH INTEREST
Camryn’s research utilizes a variety of techniques to investigate the neural circuitry and mechanisms underlying behavioral changes after pair-bonding and social loss, specifically in relation to cognitive function, using the socially monogamous prairie vole.
ACADEMIC BIO
Camryn earned her B.S in Biotechnology with a minor in Psychology from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, in May 2023. While there she worked as a laboratory technician in the Ferris State University Shimadzhu Core Lab where her research focused on water analysis by ddPCR for E. coli and Sars-CoV-2. Camryn is now pursuing her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology and focuses her research on social loss an effort to further her overarching interest in the neuroscience of trauma and trauma-associated conditions.
Publications
Gossman KR, Lowe CS, Kirckof A, Vanmeerhaeghe S, & Smith AS (2024) Corticotropin-releasing factor and GABA in the ventral tegmental area modulate partner preference formation in male and female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Front Neurosci. 18: 1430447. [pdf]