Weston Lab
2009: Ph.D., Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1997: B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Echols Interdisciplinary Studies -concentration in Writing, English, and German)
September 2015-Present: Assistant Professor, Tenure Pathway, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine
2014: Invited Speaker and Travel Award Recipient, American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Workshop
2014: Young Investigator and Travel Award to GRC Recipient, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)
2014: K99 Pathway to Independence Award Recipient, NIH/NINDS
2013-2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Epilepsy Foundation
2011: Travel Award Recipient, Coming Together on Epilepsy Genetics Meeting, Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, ME
2010-2012: Fellow, NIH/NINDS Brain Disorders and Development Training Grant
2007-2008: Rush and Helen Record Neuroscience Fellowship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Baylor College of Medicine
2005: Professor John J. Trentin Scholarship Award Recipient for Outstanding Coursework
2015-Present: Associate Editor, Epilepsy Currents
2015-2016: University of Vermont Neuroscience Graduate Program Admissions Committee Member
2015-2016: Committee Member, University of Vermont Neuroscience Graduate Program Admissions
Shore AN, Chang CH, Kwon OJ, Weston MC, Zhang M, Xin L, et al. PTEN is required to maintain luminal epithelial homeostasis and integrity in the adult mammary gland. Dev Biol. 2016 Jan 1;409(1):202-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.10.023.Epub 2015 Oct 23.
Weston MC, Chen H, Swann JW. Loss of mTOR repressors Tsc1 or Pten has divergent effects on excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in single hippocampus neuron cultures. Front Mol Neurosci. 2014 Feb 3;7: 1. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00001. eCollection 2014.
Weston MC, Chen H, Swann JW. Multiple roles for mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in both glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmission. J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 15;32(33): 11441-52. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI. 1283-12.2012.
Weston MC, Nehring RB, Wojcik SM, Rosenmund C. Interplay between VGLUT isoforms and Endophilin A1 regulates neurotransmitter release and short-term plasticity. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1147-59. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.002.
Chaudhry C, Weston MC, Schuck P, Rosenmund C, Mayer ML. Stability of ligand-binding domain dimer assembly controls kainite receptor desensitization. EMBO J. 2009 May 20;28(10):1518-30. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.86. Epub 2009 Apr 2.
Martens H, Weston MC, Boulland JL, Grønborg M, Grosche J, Kacza J, et al. Unique luminal localization of VGAT-C terminus allows for selective labeling of active cortical GABAergic synapses. J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 3;28(49):13125-31. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3887-08.2008.