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University of Pittsburgh

Sonja Plasil

Graduate Student Researcher

Education

BS Neuroscience, University of California, Santa Cruz
Graduation
April 2023
Degree
PhD
Where Are They Now?
Post-doctoral fellowship University of California San Diego

Research Summary

I am interested in studying the neurological effectsof alcohol and potential novel therapeutics for alcoholism.
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I am interested in studying the neurological effectsof alcohol and potential novel therapeutics for alcoholism.

Journal Articles

Plasil SL, Seth A, Homanics GE.  CRISPR Turbo Accelerated KnockOut (CRISPy TAKO) for Rapid in vivo Screening of Gene Function.  Front Genome Ed. 2020 Oct;2:598522. doi: 10.3389/fgeed.2020.598522. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33604589 PMCID: PMC7889042
 
Baratta AM, Rathod RS, Plasil SL, Seth A, Homanics GE.  Exposure to drugs of abuse induce effects that persist across generations.  Int Rev Neurobiol. 2021;156:217-277. doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Sep 30. PMID: 33461664  PMCID: PMC8167819
 
Rathod RS, Ferguson C, Seth A, Baratta AM, Plasil SL, Homanics GE.  Effects of Paternal Preconception Vapor Alcohol Exposure Paradigms on Behavioral Responses in Offspring.   Brain Sci. 2020 Sep 22;10(9):658. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090658. PMID: 32971974 PMCID: PMC7564629
 

Awards and Honors

Molecular Pharmacology Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences, T32 GM133332 September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019
William C. DeGroat Neuropharmacology  Department Fellowship September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021
Molecular Pharmacology Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences, T32 GM133332 September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020
 

Sponsored Research

NIH T32 GM008424