Rachel N. Arey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Center for Precision Environmental Health
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Addresses
- Alkek Building (Office) (Office)
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Alkek Building
Room: N1317.02
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2955
rachel.arey@bcm.edu
Education
- BA from Austin College
- Sherman, TX
- PhD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
- Neuroscience
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University
- Princeton, NJ
- Cognitive Aging, Genetics and Genomics
Professional Interests
- Cognitive Aging
- Learning and Memory
- C. elegans genetics and genomics
- Molecular underpinnings of complex behavior
Professional Statement
Research in the Arey lab focuses on identifying novel and conserved regulators of learning and memory, with a particular focus on cognitive aging. We use an interdisciplinary approach, combining C. elegans genetics and genomics tools along with microscopy and behavioral assays. We are particularly interested in how changes in synaptic function and transmission contribute to age-related memory loss, and finding pathways that prevent cognitive decline.
Selected Publications
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Arey RN, Kaletsky R, Murphy CT.. " " Sci Reports. 2019 Dec 30; 9 (1) : 20314.
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Arey RN, Stein GM, Kaletsky R, Kauffman A, Murphy CT.. " " Neuron. 2018 May 2; 98 (3) : 562-574.
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Lakhina V*, Arey RN*, Kaletsky R*, Kauffman A,* Stein G, Keyes W, Xu D, Murphy CT.. " " Neuron. 2015 Jan 21; 85 (2) : 330-45.
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Kaletsky R*, Lakhina V*, Arey R, Williams A, Landis J, Ashraf J, Murphy CT.. " " Nature. 2016 Jan 7; 529 (7584) : 92-6.
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Memberships
- Society For Neuroscience
Funding
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Defining the Essential Long-term memory translatome
- Whitehall Foundation
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Identifying Neuropeptide Signals that Slow Cognitive Aging
- Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty
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Uncovering brain-wide molecular determinants of individual memory performance across lifespan
- NIH Director's New Innovator Award
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Identifying behavioral and molecular effects of perfluorinated compounds on cognitive aging
- GC-CPEH NIEHS Center Pilot Project
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Junior Faculty Seed Grant
- Caroline Wiess Law Fund For Research in Molecular Medicine
- Profiling how age-related changes in presynaptic mRNA localization and levels contribute to cognitive decline.
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