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Audrey Royer

Entering Class - 2005

E-mail: smit3696@umn.edu

Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

  • University of Michigan, BSE, Electrical Engineering, 2001
  • University of Michigan, MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2002

Major Advisor(s):

Research Description:

I am working on applying neuroscience concepts to improve a brain-computer interface based on EEG readings of sensorimotor rhythms.

Lab Rotations:

  • Teresa Nick
  • Robert Miller
  • Martha Flanders
  • Niel Viemeister

Courses Taken Beyond the Core Courses:

  • Stat 5021 - Statistical Analysis
  • Grad 8101 - Teaching in Higher Education

Graduate Level Minor:

  • Biomedical Engineering

Conferences Attended:

  • Society for Neuroscience annual meeting - Fall 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting - Spring 2007
  • LifeScience Alley Conference and Expo - Fall 2008

Committee Members:

  • David Redish - Chair
  • Bin He - Advisor
  • James Ashe
  • Sheng He
  • Geoff Ghose

Publications:

  • Royer AS, Miller RF. Dendritic impulse collisions and shifting sites of action potential initiation contract and extend the receptive field of an amacrine cell. Vis Neurosci. 2007 Jul-Aug;24(4):619-34.

Abstracts:

  • Royer AS, Henderson D, Sikora MA, Miller RF (2007) “Nav1.6 resurgent current in retinal ganglion cells of tiger salamander retina”
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Abstracts
  • Royer, AS and Miller, RF (2007) “Dendritic impulse collisions and shifting sites of action potential initiation contract and extend the receptive field of an amacrine cell.” The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts 5968.

Presentations:

  • Royer AS, Henderson D, Sikora MA, Miller RF (2007) “Nav1.6 resurgent current in retinal ganglion cells of tiger salamander retina” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

  • Royer, AS and Miller, RF (2007) “Dendritic impulse collisions and shifting sites of action potential initiation contract and extend the receptive field of an amacrine cell” Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Royer, AS and Miller, RF (2007) “How dendritic sodium channels alter the receptive field of an amacrine cell” 11th Annual Graduate Program in Neuroscience Retreat, St. Paul MN

Awards and Honors:

  • Graduate Fellow, 2005 - 2006
  • Neuro-Physical-Computational Fellow, 2006 - 2008
  • Morris Smithberg Award, 2006

Professional Memberships:

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (2007)