Yasmine defended her dissertation titled “Multigenerational Consequences of Pre-conception Circadian Disruptions by Light at Night” on Friday, November 17th.
Yasmine graduated from the University of Chicago in 2012 with a B.A. in Biology, specialization in Endocrinology, and a minor in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of the Sciences and Medicine. In 2013, she joined Dr. Randy Nelson’s lab and has since has worked on several projects addressing the effects of circadian disruption by light at night on physiology and behavior at different developmental stages, circadian disruption by misaligned feeding on immune function, and behavioral phenotyping of transgenic mice. Yasmine has authored thirteen publications, with primary authorship on six research papers and one book chapter. During her graduate studies, Yasmine was awarded numerous honors and fellowships, most notably a pre-doctoral NRSA fellowship, and served as the Treasurer of the student-run neuroscience outreach group (NEURO) for three years. She has presented her work at both national and international conferences. Following graduation, Yasmine will begin a postdoctoral position in the lab of Dr. Tracy Bale at the University of Maryland Medical Center, investigating the effects of the parental stress on epigenetic mechanisms involved in programming reproductive tissues and the offspring brain.