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Alison BarthAlison Barth is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1][2] and the Maxwell H. and Gloria C. Connan Professor of Life Sciences, Biological Sciences and Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.[3][4] Early life and educationAlison Barth was born in the state of Maryland, but her family later moved to the states of Kansas, Wisconsin, and Ohio throughout her childhood. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Brown University.[5] She received her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley (1997), and conducted her post-doctoral research in neurophysiology at Stanford University (2001).[6] Research and careerDuring her time at Stanford University, Barth developed and filed a provisional patent for the “fosGFP” mouse, a transgenic mouse that labels green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression in vivo and visualizes neurons undergoing plasticity.[7][8] At Carnegie Mellon University, Barth's research focuses on understanding how the brain changes in response to experience, particularly in the context of learning and memory.[5][9] She studies the somatosensory cortex of rodents, investigating how synapses are altered as animals undergo different types of experiences.[10] Honors and awardsIn 2012, she received the McKnight Foundation’s Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award.[11] In 2014, she received the Kaufman Grant to study neural communication in the cerebral cortex.[12] She was awarded the Society for Neuroscience’s Research Award for Innovation in Neuroscience and the Career Development Award in 2008,[13] and she received the Humboldt Foundation’s Bessel Research Award in 2009.[14] References
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