Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute

Elizabeth D. Kirby Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute University of California, Berkeley 3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, #3140 Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone: (510) 219-4385 Web: http://kauferlab.berkeley.edu Email: [email protected]

Education University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Dec 2011 Ph.D., Neuroscience, GPA 4.0 Duke University, Durham, NC May 2006 B.S., Psychology; Summa Cum Laude, departmental distinction, GPA 4.0

Research Experience Graduate student, Dr. Daniela Kaufer Lab, U.C. Berkeley 2006-  Thesis: Regulation of adult rat hippocampal neurogenesis by basolateral present amygdala (Kirby et al., in review) Independent study student, Dr. Christina Williams Lab, Duke University 2004-06  Designed, executed and analyzed an independent senior thesis project  Prepared manuscript reporting findings (Kirby et al., in preparation) Research technician, Williams LifeSkills, Inc., Dr. Virginia Williams 2003-06  Coordinated a human clinical trial of a behavioral stress management product  Tested subjects, collected data and prepared manuscript (Kirby et al., 2006)

Honors and Awards California Institute for Regenerative Medicine pre-doctoral fellow 2011 Cold Spring Harbor Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience student 2010 California Institute for Regenerative Medicine pre-doctoral fellow 2010 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship 2007-09 NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention 2007 & 08 Howard Hughes Neuroscience Fellow 2006 Faculty Scholars Award, Duke University 2005 Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University 2005

Laboratory Techniques In vivo  neural stem cell quantification, fear conditioning, hippocampal behavioral (rodent) tasks, anxiety behavioral tests, stereotaxic brain surgery, immobilization stress, tail vein blood sampling, intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injection, adrenalectomy, euthanasia In vitro  herpes viral vector preparation, cell culture Other  real time reverse transcriptase PCR, RNA isolation from in vivo tissue, fluorescence and brightfield microscopy, western blot, unbiased stereology, immunohistochemistry, ELISA, laser microdissection, cryostat and vibratome sectioning

Interests

of 2 Triathlon, running marathons, salsa dancing, and baking.

Elizabeth D. Kirby, (510) 219-4385, [email protected] page 2 of 2 Published Articles Kirby, E.D., Friedman, A.R., Covarrubias, D., Ying, C., Grant, W.G., Goosens, K.A., Sapolsky, R.M., & Kaufer, D. (2011). Basolateral amygdala regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and fear-related activation of newborn neurons. Molecular Psychiatry, In Press. Kirby, E.D., Geraghty, A.C., Ubuka, T., Bentley, G.E., & Kaufer, D. (2009). Stress increases putative gonadotropin inhibitory hormone and decreases luteinizing hormone in male rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106, 11324-11329. Glenn, M.J., Kirby, E.D., Gibson, E.M., Wong-Goodrich, S., Mellot, T.J., Blusztajn, J.K. & Williams, C.L. (2008). Age-related declines in exploratory behavior and markers of hippocampal plasticity are attenuated by prenatal choline supplementation in rats. Brain Research, 1237, 110-123. Glenn, M.J., Gibson, E.M., Kirby, E.D., Mellot, T.J., Blusztajn, J.K. & Williams, C.L. (2007). Prenatal choline availability modulates hippocampal neurogenesis and neurogenic responses to enriching experiences in adult female rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 2473-2482. Kirby, E.D., Williams, V.P., Hocking, M.C., Lane, J.D., & Williams, R.B. (2006). Psychosocial benefits of three formats of a standardized behavioral stress management program. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 816-823.

Book Chapters Kirby, E.D. & Kaufer, D. (2009). “Stress and adult neurogenesis in the mammalian central nervous system.” In: H. Soreq, A. Friedman & D. Kaufer, eds. STRESS: from molecules to behavior. Weinheim, Germany; Wiley-Blackwell.

Popular Press Science Articles Kirby, E.D. (2009). “Making viruses that heal: evolution breeds new treatment options.” Berkeley Science Review, Fall, 17: 14-15.

In Preparation Kirby, E.D., Wong-Goodrich, S.J.E., Glenn, M.J., & Williams, C.L. (2011). Prenatal choline supplementation protects against chronic stress-induced suppression of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and memory impairment. In preparation. Chetty, S., Kirby, E.D., Krupik, D., Mirescu, C., Nicholas, A., Friedman, A., Geraghty, A., Krishnamurthy, A., Tsai, M-K, Covarrubias, D., Wong, A.T., Francis, D., Sapolsky, R.M., Palmer, T., & Kaufer, D. (2011). Stress and glucocorticoids promote oligodendrogenesis in the adult hippocampus. In preparation.

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