Congrats to Jeremy Borniger on passing his dissertation defense!

Jeremy BornigerJeremy defended his thesis titled “Sleep and Metabolic Abnormalities in a Syngeneic Mouse Model of Breast Cancer” on Thursday, April 13th.

Jeremy grew up in Washington, DC and received a Bachelor’s degree in biological anthropology from Indiana University in 2011. He joined the neuroscience program in Dr. Randy Nelson’s lab in 2012. During his time in the program, he has worked on several different projects focusing on circadian disruption by light at night, photoperiodic regulation of brain blood flow, and behavioral phenotyping of transgenic mice. His dissertation work focuses on how cytotoxic chemotherapy and peripheral non-metastatic tumors alter sleep in mice. Following graduation, Jeremy will start a post-doctoral position at Stanford University with Dr. Luis de Lecea.

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