CurriculumVitae:RudyBellaniCONTACTINFORMATION:RudyBellani1230YorkAve.Box#232NewYork,NewYork10021(480)353-6150EDUCATION:Jul05—CurrentTheRockefellerUniversityNeuroscience(expecteddegree:Ph.D.)Ph.D.Advisors:FernandoNottebohm,TaoSunAug00—Jul05BarrettHonorsCollege,ArizonaStateUniversityPsychology(B.S.)HonorsThesis:"AnxietycanpredictspatialmemoryimpairmentsfollowingchronicstressbutnotHPAaxischaracteristics”ThesisAdvisor:Dr.CherylD.ConradBiology(minor)RESEARCHEXPERIENCE:Jan01-Feb02EvolutionaryBiology 一 ArizonaStateUniversitySusanM.Bertram,Ph.D.Studiedenvironmentalfactorsthatmayinfluencemalecricketcallingbehavior.Feb02—July05BehavioralNeuroendocrinology 一 ArizonaStateUniversityCherylD.Conrad,Ph.D.Studiedthemorphologicalandbehavioralchangesthatoccurduetostressinrats.Inmyhonorsresearchproject,investigatedwhatsubject-dependentfactorsmakeindividualssusceptibletotheeffectsofchronicstress.Additionalprojectsundermysupervisionincludedtheeffectsofstressonmemoryretrieval.June04—Feb06DevelopmentalNeuroendocrinology 一RockefellerUniversityBruceS.McEwen,Ph.D.Workedonmultipleprojectsstudyingthedevelopmentofthehypothalamic-pituitary-adrenalaxisduringpuberty.May04—June04BehavioralNeuroendocrinology 一 StanfordUniversityRobertM.Sapolsky,Ph.D.Investigatedtheeffectsofchronicstressonthecorticosteronedoseresponsecurveandmemoryfunction.Jan07—CurrentBehavioralandMolecularNeurobiology 一 RockefellerUniversityFernandoNottebohm,Ph.D.(Ph.DAdvisor)TaoSun,Ph.D.(CornellUniversity)Findingthedevelopmentalprogramthatguidesbrainasymmetryandthelateralizationofcognitivefunction.PUBLICATIONS:Oct2007Romeo,R.D.,Ali,F.S.,Karatsoreos,I.N.,Bellani,R・,Chhua,N.,Vernov,M.&McEwen,B.S.GlucocorticoidreceptormRNAexpressioninthehippocampalformationofmaleratsbeforeandafterpubertaldevelopmentinresponsetoacuteorrepeatedstress.Neuroendocrinology,Online:Oct8Jun2007Hunter,R.G.,Bellani,R・,Bloss,E.,CostaA.,Romeo,R.D.&McEwen,B.S.(2007).RegulationofCARTmRNAbystressandcorticosteroidsinthehippocampusandamygdal...