George S. Melchor

Ph.D. Candidate (Lab of Glia Biology)
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Department of Biology, Georgetown University

Biography

I am a current Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at Georgetown University, and hold a bachelor degree in biology with a concentration in neuroscience from Austin College. I am a Phi Theta Kappa and Jack Kent Cooke Scholar Alumnus, and a current Healy and SfN NSP Fellow. I work with Dr. Jeffrey Huang investigating the crosstalk between the immune system and CNS cells in mouse models of multiple sclerosis. My training includes techniques such as focal spinal cord surgery, ribosome immunoprecipitation, and RNA sequencing

Interests

Glial biology
Inflammation and immune cell crosstalk
Myelin dynamics and remyelination
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Education

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, 2017 - Present

Georgetown University
B.A. in Biology with a minor in Neuroscience, 2017

Austin College
A.A. in General Studies, 2013

Southwest Texas Junior College

Professional Associations

Science Program for Excellence in Science Member

AAAS

Science Alliance Member

New York Academy of Science

Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow

Society for Neuroscience

Honor Society Member

The Phi Beta Kappa Society

Research and Publications

My research interests center around the dynamic interplay between CNS glia and peripheral cells in the injury microenvironment. How do these cells communicate? How do their interactions facilitate the seemingly incongruous processes of injury progression and repair?

My graduate research focuses on understanding the influence of and possible interactions between infiltrating immune cells and CNS resident glia in multiple sclerosis models. The ultimate goal is to understand how the inflamed, injured microenvironment affects oligodendrocytes as they respond to damage and regenerate myelin.