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Dr. Ilona J. Miko Ilona Miko earned her B.A. in Biology from Columbia University and her PhD in Neural Science from New York University. Ilona has received competitive funding from multiple funding agencies, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pew Foundation and NIH. She is conversant in a wide range of biological fields beyond her expertise in neuroscience, from cell and organismal biology to environmental systems and epidemiology. Her experience also includes three years in the biotech industry, where she worked on animal and in vitro models of neurodegenerative disease. Ilona’s research involves the effect of serotonin on sensory processing, and the impact of tyrosine kinase receptors on brain circuit development and sensory function. Her specific areas of expertise include the following: neural circuit development, neuropharmacology, physiology, tissue culture, development and regulation of glia, electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, immunohistochemistry, quantitative neuroanatomy, quantitative image analysis, immediate early gene expression, PCR, ELISA, column chromatography, whole-cell in vitro physiology, single unit in vivo neurophysiology, quantitative analysis of neuronal spike trains, auditory brainstem response (ABR), stereotaxic surgery, primate and rodent models of neurodegenerative disease, knockout mouse models, epidemiological analysis, and biostatistics. |