Morris Mou, B.S.
Research Assistant
Education
B.S. in Neuroscience and Molecular Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Current Projects Studying changes in protein and mRNA expression in response to ketamine and (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine administration in rodents; assisting with and providing expertise for imaging studies and different microscopy techniques. Other Research Interests Neuroimmune interactions and neuroinflammatory responses in pathogenesis of psychiatric illnesses. Contact Information Email: mmou[at]som.umaryland.edu Phone: (410) 706-2325 |
Research Description
I earned my B.S in Neuroscience and Molecular Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University in Winter of 2017. Most of my research and related work experiences focus on the themes of development and psychiatry. As an undergraduate student at Hopkins, I worked on projects examining the roles of microRNA pathways in the mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic circuitries in the context of rodent psychopathologies produced by Dicer haploinsufficiency via a conditional KO system. Since then, I’ve engaged in different experiments looking at the expression and localization of key immune system genes and proliferative markers in postmortem human brains of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism spectrums and schizophrenia.
I earned my B.S in Neuroscience and Molecular Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University in Winter of 2017. Most of my research and related work experiences focus on the themes of development and psychiatry. As an undergraduate student at Hopkins, I worked on projects examining the roles of microRNA pathways in the mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic circuitries in the context of rodent psychopathologies produced by Dicer haploinsufficiency via a conditional KO system. Since then, I’ve engaged in different experiments looking at the expression and localization of key immune system genes and proliferative markers in postmortem human brains of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism spectrums and schizophrenia.