Contact:

lori.cooper@jefferson.edu

Undergraduate Institution:

Lafayette College

Year of Graduation:

2007

Degree:

B.S. Neuroscience

Research Interests:

In the past I have investigated a variety of topics including the neural control of the pupillary light reflex in turtles and the efficacy of using gene therapy to treat xeroderma pigmentosum neurologic disease in a mouse model.  At Thomas Jefferson, I am looking forward to exploring a few more area of neuroscience before settling in my thesis lab.

Selected Publications:

Dearworth, J., Cooper, L., Sympathetic influence on the pupillary light response in three red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans). Veterinary Opthalmology (2008).

Dearworth, J., Cooper, L., et al. Parasympathetic control of the pupillary light response in the red-eared slider turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans). Veterinary Ophthalmology (2006).

Selected Abstracts:

Cooper, L.J.,  Dearworth, J.R. (2007) Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Control of the Pupillary Light Response in the Turtle.. Presented at N.E.U.R.O.N, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dearworth, J.R., McGee, C., Cooper, L.J. (2005) Neural Control of the Pupillary Light Response in the Turtle. Presented at Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Memberships, Honors, Awards:

Society for Neuroscience (2008)

NIH Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (2007-2008)

Sigma Xi (2007-2008)

Class of 1913 Trophy (Lafayette College’s 2007 Scholar Athlete)

Honors in Neuroscience (2007)

LEARN Scholar (2006)

Excel Scholar (2005-2006)

Nalven Scholar (2005)

Personal:

Reading, working out, and watching movies