Olivia Fitch

Experience

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  Texas A&M University

  Aug 2000 - Sept 2001

  Research Assistant

  Used confocal microscopy to describe transgenic fly phenotypes and conducted olfactory pharmacology experiments as a control for olfactory learning experiments.

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  Baylor College of Medicine

  Sept 2001 - Apr 2015

  Utilize electrophysiology and pharmacology to study the heterogeneity of synaptic plasticity of two pathways onto a common cell in the developing primary visual cortex in response to a fixed time delay temporally conjunctive pre- postsynaptic conditioning protocol Designed behavioral assays and screened for neuroprotective effects of over a thousand FDA-approved molecules in transgenic animal model of spinocerebellar ataxia type one. Presented results in NINDS consortium and ran dose-response curves on top candidates.

  • Graduate Student

    Aug 2003 - Apr 2015

  • Research Technician

    Sept 2001 - Aug 2003
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  Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

  Graduate Student

  Performed microsurgery on juvenile mice and conducted whole cell patch clamp recordings on acute slice preparations from the primary visual cortex determine the role of visual experience on the synaptic plasticity of two synaptic pathways onto a common cell in the primary visual cortex.

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  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

  Feb 2016 - now

  Assistant Professor

  Graduate level academic coach