Andrea Fernanda Campos Pérez
EDUCATION
College / University
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Neuroscience
Major Subjects
Neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Neuronal Networks, Systems biology
Country
Mexico
Lab Experience
Experimental techniques: electroencephalography, invasive electrophysiological recordings in vivo in Rhesus monkeys, behavioral training of Rhesus monkeys, psychophysical analysis, craniotomy on macaques, electrophysiological skin-nerve recordings, immunostaining, confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, spinal cord and nerve dissections, PCR, gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, tend to transgenic rodent colonies.
Analytical tools: Python, MATLAB, ImageJ, Julia, R.
Projects / Research
- 2020 – 2022: Analysis and determination of how various signals from the cerebral cortex of trained macaques, such as individual and population neuronal activity, correlate with cognitive processes (i.e. working memory, decision making, sensory integration) during various tasks, such as the discrimination of tactile and acoustic stimuli. Author of the Bachelor’s thesis: “Bimodal Encoding in a Neuronal Population of the Dorsal Premotor Cortex during Working Memory” (http://132.248.9.195/ptd2023/mayo/0839031/Index.html). Roman Rossi-Pool, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Physiology, UNAM
- 2021: Functional, molecular and electrophysiological characterization of novel proteins involved in mechanotransduction and pain in rodent models, such as mouse and naked mole rat. Co-author of the publication “Lack of evidence for participation of TMEM150C in sensory mechanotransduction” (https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202213098). Gary R. Lewin, Ph.D., Molecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
- 2018: Transgenic mice genotyping. Diana M. Escalante, Ph.D., Neurodevelopment and Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Physiology, UNAM
Scholarships / Awards
2023 – 2024: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
2022: | Undergraduate Thesis Scholarship, UNAM |
2022: | Achievement Diploma for an Outstanding Performance during Bachelor's degree |
2020 – 2021: | Research Initiation Program for International Internships, UNAM |
2017 – 2020: | High Academic Demand Program of Undergraduate Studies, UNAM |