Aram Raissi
Name: Aram Raissi
Position: Graduate Student
Education: B.A. - Boston University
Contact: araissi@brandeis.edu
Hometown: Pacific Palisades, CA
Personal Interests: I enjoy spending time outside especially surfing at the beach, playing tennis, or just riding my bike through town. When I'm too tired to do those things (or when there is 5ft of snow outside), I like just kicking back and watching movies or reading. I've been a 49ers fan ever since I can remember and hope to see them win a superbowl within the next few years.
Research Interests: I am interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic development and plasticity. I spent my time at BU under Dr. Hengye Man studying AMPA receptor trafficking/signaling in both mature and developing rat hippocampal neurons. I was particularly interested in how AMPAR trafficking was involved in maintaining proper excitability and development of synapses. Now at Brandeis I am focusing on the effects of Semaphorin signaling on the initiation and modulation of synaptic formation. My goal is to observe how different forms of Semaphorin signaling are involved in the production and formation of different types of synapses within the rat hippocampus.