Diving into the depths of the mouse brain, Alexis Vega Medina—a graduate student at the University of Michigan— studies neuromodulation and sexual dimorphism in orexinergic neurons in the context of learning and memory.
With a focus on circuit mapping and understanding how memory consolidation is impaired following sleep deprivation, Alexis strives to find a way to prevent this memory loss using chemogenetics.
Join Alexis on his journey through graduate school, where every day he weighs the pros and cons of a tenure-track position at an R1 institution vs the joys of industry his friends tell him about.
