SHEETS LAB
Principal Investigator
Patrick L. Sheets, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology
Associate Director, IUSM MSTP
Ph.D., Pharmacology, 2007
Indiana University School of Medicine
Mentor: Ted Cummins, Ph.D.
Postdoc, Neurobiology, 2008-2012
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Mentor: Gordon M. G. Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D.
I have an extensive background in pharmacology, biophysics, and neurobiology with specific expertise in ion channel physiology, electrophysiology, retrograde labeling in the brain, cortical circuit mapping, high resolution imaging, and optogenetics. Outside of the lab I enjoy cooking, golfing, weightlifting, and spending time with my family and friends. I am also an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears, and Purdue Boilermakers.
Meet The Lab
PhD Candidate
Regan Hines
Hometown:
Sammamish, WA
BS, Neuroscience and Behavior 2022
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Project:
Dissecting circuitry of molecularly distinct neurons in the central amygdala and their response to pain and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling
Interests and hobbies:
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Hiking
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Reading
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Spending time with family and friends
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Coaching softball
Future goals:
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Ultimate goal is to become an independent research and teaching professor at an academic institute, running my own lab, using pharmacological tools to study neural circuitry
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Find a post-doctoral position to allow me to continue to develop the necessary skillset of an independent scientist
PhD Candidate
Abigail O'Sullivan-Duffy
Hometown:
Belfast, Ireland
BS, Biology 2020
Ulster University, Coleraine, Ireland
MS, Biological Sciences 2022
Ulster University/IUPUI
Project:
Circuit and synaptic mechanisms of dynorphinergic pain networks in prefrontal cortex
Interests and hobbies:
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Gaelic football
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Reading / book club
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Socializing / karaoke
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Running
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Weightlifting
Future goals:
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Work in a leadership role in industry, preferably Eli Lilly!
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Stay within the ephys world, working either in pain research and drug development, and/or circuit dissection
Former Lab Members
Yuexi Yin, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2020-2024
Current position:
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago
Shudi Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2018-2023
Current position:
Postdoctoral fellow, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Andrea Jones, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2021
Current position:
Research Associate, LSU Health Sciences Center
Briana Mork, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2015-2021
Current position:
Senior Medical Science Writer, MedTronic
Junnan Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2019
Current position:
Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine
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John Cheriyan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, 2015-2018
Current position:
Research Associate, University of Utah School of Medicine
Ashley Ferreira, M.S.
Graduate Student, 2012-2015
Current position:
Scientist, Biogen
Neurology Research Unit
Hanna Yousuf, Ph.D.
Research Tech, 2012-2014
Current position:
Senior Research Investigator, Biohaven