Catherine A. Marcinkiewcz


Advanced Concentration

Neuroscience

Mentor

Darragh Devine

Department

Psychology; Neuroscience

Enrolled 

August 2005

Lab Room

L3-153, 155

Lab Phone

392-0601 ext. 214

E-mail

saffron@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Dissertation Research

A Role for the Organic Cation Transporter 3 (OCT3) in the Pathophysiology of Major Depression
Publications

Marcinkiewcz CA, Prado MM, Isaac SK, Marshall A, Rylkova D and Bruijnzeel AW. 2009. Corticotropin-releasing factor within the central nucleus of the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens shell mediates the negative affective state of nicotine withdrawal in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology Jan 14 [Epub ahead of date] abstract

Marcinkiewcz CA, Duarte P, Devine DP, Vierck CJ and Yezierski RP. 2009. Social defeat stress potentiates thermal sensitivity in operant models of pain processing. Brain Research 1251:112-120 abstract

Bruijnzeel AW, Marcinkiewcz C, Isaac S, Booth MM, Dennis DM, Gold MS.  The effects of buprenorphine on fentanyl withdrawal in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 191(4):931-941.  abstract

 
Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Marcinkiewcz CA, Duarte P, Vierck CJ, Yezierski RP and Devine DP. Stress and pain: Effects of psychosocial stress on thermal nociception in an operant model of pain processing. Abstract for poster presentation, Society for Neuroscience 38th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2008

Marcinkiewcz CA, Sand S, Stoll ML, Reep RL and Devine DP. Journey to the center of the brain: An inquiry-based approach to teaching neuroscience in a K-12 classroom. Abstract for poster presentation, Society for Neuroscience 38th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2008

Weinstock NJ, Marcinkiewcz, CA, and Devine DP. Chronic variable and social stress: behavioral and biochemical studies in an animal model. Abstract for poster presentation, Society for Neuroscience 38th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2008.

Marcinkiewcz CA, Prado MM, Constance SL, Isaac SK, Gold MS and Bruijnzeel AW. CRF systems in the extended amygdala regulate brain reward pathways during nicotine withdrawal. Abstract for poster presentation. Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, November 2007 (submitted).

Marcinkiewcz C, Isaac S, Gold MS, Bruijnzeel AW. Effects of buprenorphine on fentanyl withdrawal in rats. Abstract for poster presentation. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 69th annual scientific meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 2007.

Bruijnzeel AW, Isaac S, Prado M, Gold MS, Marcinkiewcz C. Role of corticotropin-releasing factor in tobacco dependence. Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) 6th Scientific Symposium, Miami FL, May 2007.

Marcinkiewcz CA, Prado MM, Constance SL, Isaac SK, Gold MS, Bruijnzeel AW. CRF pathways in the extended amygdala regulate brain reward function during nicotine withdrawal. Abstract for podium presentation. Southeast Nerve Net (SENN) 23rd Annual Meeting, Wakulla Springs FL, March 2007.

Janssen S, Marcinkiewcz C, Williams K, Robinson J, Constance S, Prokai D, Valerio H, Riley J, Liang Y, Shaw A, Boules M, Richelson E, Baxter LR. A Simple Invertebrate Model of Dopamine-Related Neurotoxicity: Possible Relevance to Parkinson's Disease. Abstract for poster presentation, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) 45th annual Meeting, Hollywood FL, December 2006.

Isaac S, Marcinkiewcz CA, Dennis DM, Gold MS, Bruijnzeel AW. Buprenorphine attenuates the negative affective state associated with fentanyl withdrawal. Abstract for poster presentation, Society for Neuroscience 36th Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, October 2006.

Marcinkiewcz CA., Isaac S, Booth MM, Dennis DM, Gold MS, Bruijnzeel AW. Buprenorphine attenuates the negative affective state associated with fentanyl withdrawal. Abstract for poster presentation, South East Regional Interdisciplinary Symposium of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Gainesville FL, May 2006.

Honors & Awards

HHMI Science for Life Graduate Student Award, 2009

Society for Neuroscience North Central Florida Chapter Founder and Chapter Representative (2009-2010)

Toyota Tapestry Minigrant Award, National Science Teacher's Assocation (NSTA), Horseshoe Crabs as an Ecological Asset to Florida's Coastal Communites: An Experimentalist Approach, 2008-2009

BW Robinson Neuroscience Achievement Award, 2007
NSF GK-12 Science Partners in Inquiry-based Collaborative Education (SPICE) Fellowship, 2007-2009
Southeast Nerve Net (SENN) Graduate Student Travel Award, 2007

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