Michelle Rivera Lomeli

B.Sc Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, 2023

As a recent graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a B.Sc. in Neuroscience, I was eager to learn more about neuroimmune interactions contributing to different disease states. Previous research I was involved in at UCLA focused on assessing the role of astrocyte-specific estrogen receptor beta (ERꞵ) as it pertains to cognitive dysfunction during the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). I would be interested in further exploring signaling pathways responsible for the recruitment of effector T cells into the CNS in individuals with MS. Outside of the laboratory, I love to go hiking, read a good book on a rainy day, catch a play, or simply get coffee with friends!

 

Publications:

  1. Itoh, N., Itoh, Y., Meyer, C. E., Suen, T. T., Cortez-Delgado, D., Rivera Lomeli, M., Wendin, S., Somepalli, S. S., Golden, L. C., MacKenzie-Graham, A., & Voskuhl, R. R. (2023). Estrogen receptor beta in astrocytes modulates cognitive function in mid-age female mice. Nature communications, 14(1), 6044. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41723-7