Entry Year: 2008
Currently: G2
Email Address: gandhy@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Undergraduate: Cornell University, BS, Biological Sciences
Laboratory: Stephen Safe, PhD

Abstracts and Presentations:

• Moon, J., S.D. Ginsberg, S. Gandhy, K. Maclean, M. Ikonomovic, E.J. Mufson, B.J. Strupp. Perinatal choline supplementation ameliorates attentional dysfunction in the Ts65Dn mouse: a mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. Society for Neuroscience, 17th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2007. 
• Gandhy, S. Assessment of the Effects of Perinatal Choline Treatment on Attention and Reactivity to Reward Omission in Mice Models of Down syndrome. Poster Presentation. Cornell Undergraduate Research Board, Spring Forum. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 2007.

Publications:

• Moon, J., M. Chen, S.U. Gandhy, M. Strawderman, D.A. Levitsky, K.N. Maclean, and B.J. Strupp. Perinatal choline supplementation improves cognitive functioning and emotion regulation in teh Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease. Behavioral Neuroscience. 124(3): 346-361, 2010.
• Scattoni, M.L., S.U. Gandhy, L. Ricceri, and J.N. Crawley. Unusual Ultrasonic Vocalization Patterns in BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Pups. PLoS ONE. 3(8):e3067, 2008.
• Chadman K.K., M.L. Scattoni, S. Boltuck, S.U. Gandhy, S. Gong, N. Heints, and J.N. Crawley. Minimal Aberrant Behavioral Phenotypes of Neuroligin-3 R451C knockin Mice. Autism Research. 1(3):147-158, 2008.

Awards:

• Miriam M. Salpeter Undergraduate Research Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis in Neurobiology.