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Student Research & Scholarship

Research opportunities abound for Mason undergraduates. While many students participate in research within their own major, students choose inter- and cross-disciplinary topics as well. Explore some of the exceptional examples of student research at Mason. 

Spring 2025 Research

Amira Anwar

2025 OSCAR Student Excellence Award Recipient

Mahsa Ahmadi

2022 OSCAR Student Excellence Award Recipient

Diborah Gutema

Pharmacological Characterization of Chimerica NMDA Receptors in Xenopus

Layla Hasanzadah

Secretory Mitophagy Exports p53:A new pro-tummor survival mechanism

Timothy Kochany

The Effects of Young Blood Plasma on NfL and GFAP following Traumatic Brain Injury Administration in Wild-type Mice

Muhammad Shah

Use of a Novel In-Vivo Acetylcholine Sensor, GRABACh3.0, to Quantify the Temporal Dynamics of Acetylcholine (ACh) Release in Cornu Ammonis 1 (CA1) Hippocampus Sub-Region

Fall 2024 Research

Alisha Jane Hiskey

Binaural Beats on Attention

Amira Anwar

Developing Turn-On Fluorescent Tools for Cellular Imaging

Diborah Gutema

Electrophysiological Investigation of Ionotropic and Nonionotropic Signaling in NMDA Receptors with Chimeric GluN2 Subunits

Fae Jensen

The Effect of Ethylene Glycol on Homomeric a1 Glycine Receptor Function in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes

Bryce Sullivan

The Effect of Ionotropic and Non-ionotropic NMDAR Signaling Domains on Postnatal Development of LTD Using Chimeric GluN2 Mice

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