Erik Carlson Ph.D. 2008 Thesis Title: Effects of Genetic and Dietary Iron Deficiency in the Developing Hippocampus E-mail: carl0946@umn.edu

Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

• Lawrence University, BA, Philosophy & Biology (double major)

Major Advisor(s):

• Michael Georgieff, M.D.

Research Description:

I am interested in disorders (genetic, nutritional) of brain and cognitive development. I am working with both a rat dietary and a mouse conditional knockout model of iron deficiency, and using histochemical and behavioral techniques to assess the phenotype of iron deficiency in the developing hippocampus and neocortex.

Lab Rotations:

• Jonathan Gewirtz
• Charles Nelson
• Michael Georgieff

Conferences Attended:

• Society for Neuroscience annual meeting: Fall 2003, Fall 2005
• Route 28 Summits in Neurobiology: Fall 2006
• Germany Pediatric Academic Societies/Society for Pediatric Research: Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007

Committee Members:

• Lorene Lanier
• Mike O'Connor-Chair
• Anna Petryk
• Michael Georgieff-Advisor

Publications:

• Carlson ES, Stead JH, Neal CR, Petryk A, Georgieff MK.
  Perinatal Iron Deficiency Results in Altered Developmental Expression of Genes Mediating Energy Metabolism and Neuronal Morphogenesis in Hippocampus. Hippocampus. In Press, 2007

• Brownlee JM, Carlson E, Milne AC, Pape E, Harrison DH.Structural and thermodynamic studies of simple aldose reductase-inhibitor complexes.
  Bioorg Chem. 2006 Dec;34(6):424-44. Epub 2006 Nov 2.
  

• 09/07-06/08 The Dr. Warren J. Warwick and Henrietta Holm Warwick Fellowship Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation.

• 7/1/05-6/30/07 “A Genetic Model of Perinatal Iron Deficiency”
  Sponsor Award # 1F31-NS047876-01A2 Ruth L.
  Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Research
  Training Predoctoral Fellowship NIH National Institute of Neurological
  Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• 3/15/05-3/14/06 $2250 Medical Student Seed Grant Awardee, American
  Medical Association Foundation (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7785.html)

• 1/15/05-1/14/06 $1000 Graduate Student Seed Grant Awardee, Center for NeuroBehavioralDevelopment, University of Minnesota
  7/01/04-06/30/05 Fellowship Awardee, Center for NeuroBehavioral
  Development University of Minnesota
  

Professional Memberships:

• Society for Neuroscience

Home Town:

• Minneapolis, MN