Thesis Advisors: Dr. Tinatin Brelidze, Dr. Patrick Forcelli
Research Interests: Ion channels, Neuropharmacology
Education: University of California, Davis, B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, 2022
About: At the University of California, Davis, Clementine worked in Dr. Ricardo Maselli’s lab studying an AAV9-mediated gene therapy on mice with Choline Acetyltransferase deficiencies, which is one possible cause for presynaptic Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes. From there, she joined the Pharmacology & Physiology Ph.D. Program at Georgetown, and decided to do her thesis work in Dr. Tinatin Brelidze’s lab. The Brelidze lab studies ion channels, specifically KCNH channels, a family of potassium-selective voltage-gated ion channels that are expressed in the heart and brain. Clementine focuses her research on the KCNH4 channel, and uses biochemistry techniques, fluorescence-based methods, and zebrafish as an animal model.
Rotations:
Dr. Tinatin Brelidze
Dr. Gerard Ahern
Dr. Sreejith Nair
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- PhD Student, Ph.D. Program in Pharmacology & Physiology
- PhD Student, Brelidze Laboratory