ANISHA GERMAN MORING
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email:[email protected]
EDUCATION
1993
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
B.S. Psychology (major)/Biology (minor)
2002
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Ph.D. Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience Specialty
EXPERIENCE
2004
Mentor-Institute on Neuroscience
Mentored Tabassum Khan-Chamblee High School
Project: Localization of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7
9/03-present
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Amy Lee
Department of Pharmacology, Emory University
Primary project: Molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of L-type Ca2+
channels by Ca2+-binding protein 4
8/02-8/03
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Jeffrey H. Boatright
Emory Eye Center, Emory University
Primary project: Effects of bile acids on animal and cell culture models of retinitis
pigmentosa
1996-2002
Graduate Student with Dr. Thomas T. Norton
Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dissertation project: Modulation of glycosaminoglycan levels in tree shrew sclera
by the visual environment
1994-1996
Graduate Student with Dr. Joan F. Lorden
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Primary project: c-fos expression in the inferior olivary nuclei of dystonic rats
1994
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Joan Lorden
Behavioral Neuroscience Course
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATONS
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Society for Neuroscience
Atlanta Chapter of Society for Neuroscience, Postdoctoral Representative
Women in Neuroscience
Atlanta Calcium Club
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2004
1999
1993-1997
1989-1993
Minority Trainee Research Forum Award
ARVO Travel Award (Santen Pharmaceutical)
Comprehensive Minority Faculty Development Fellowship
National Achievement Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS
Cooper D.S., Saxena, N.C., Moring, A.G., Lee A., Choi, I (2005). Molecular and functional characterization of
the electroneutral Na/HCO3 cotransporter (NBCn1) in rat hippocampal neurons. J Biol Chem. 280 (18)
17823-17830.
Boatright, J.H., Moring, A.G., McElroy, C., Phillips, M.J., Rodrigues, C., Do, V.T., Chang, B., Hawes, N.,
Steer, C., Nickerson, J.M., Pardue, M.T. Tools from ancient pharmacopoeia prevents vision loss.
(submitted)
German, A.J., Baker, J.R., Norton, T.T. Changes in hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate, and dermatan sulfate in
sclera of tree shrews with induced myopia, [ARVO Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1999; 40(4):
S453. Abstract nr 2387.
Norton, T.T., Siegwart, J.T, German, A.J., Robertson, J., Wu, W.W. Comparison of cycloplegic streak
retinoscopy with autorefractor measures in tree shrew eyes with, and without, induced myopia, [ARVO
Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000; 41(4): S563.
German, A.J., Baker, J.R., Norton, T.T. Changes in glycosaminoglycan levels in tree shrew sclera during lensinduced myopia and recovery, [ARVO Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002
Norton, T.T., Siegwart, J.T., German Moring, A.J. mRNA and glycosaminoglycan changes in mammalian
sclera during development of induced myopia and recovery. Experimental Eye Research, 72
(Supplement 2), 99, 2002.
German Moring, A.J., Nickerson, J.M., Boatright, J.H. Protective effects of tauroursodeoxycholic acid
against
oxidative damage in human retinoblastoma cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003;E-4551.
Boatright, J.H., Rengarajan, K., Pardue, M.T., German Moring, A.J., Nickerson, J.M., Hawes, N.L., Chang, B.
Developmental analysis of the rd10 mouse. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003;E-4536.
Boatright, J.H., Moring, A.G., McElroy, C.E., Do, V.T., Phillips, M.J., Nickerson, J.M., Pardue, M.T.
Effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on retinal degeneration in rd10 mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.
2004
REFERENCES
Amy Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine
5123 Rollins Research Bldg.
1510 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-5991 (Tel.)
(404) 727-0365 (FAX)
email: [email protected]
Jeffrey Boatright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Emory Eye Center, Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 778-4113 (Tel.)
(404) 778-2231 (FAX)
email: [email protected]
Thomas T. Norton, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Vision Sciences
606 Worrell Building
924 S. 18th Street
School of Optometry
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294-4390
(205) 934-6742 (Tel.)
(205) 934-5725 (FAX)
email: [email protected]