Noelle James

Postdoctoral Researcher & Laboratory Manager Nov 2021 -

Beckman Institue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Comparing sensory processing disruptions across genetically-distinct models of autism
• Examining neural mechanisms of hidden hearing loss, hyperacusis, and auditory sensitization due to central gain
• Lab Grants: R01, 3 DoD Research Grants, Beckman Graduate Fellowship, 2 Beckman
  Undergraduate Fellowships
• Additional Techniques: Auditory Brainstem Response (ABRs), behavioral training and assay optimization, rat husbandry, maintenance of Med Associate behavior boxes, hiring screening,
  development of digital database in R

Research Coordinator/Lab Manager Jun 2020 - Jul 2021

Paul Bonthuis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Identifying hypothalamic subpopulations with non-canonical imprinting of Ddc
• Puberty’s effect on non-canonical imprinting of monoamine synthesis genes
• Additional Techniques: Mouse husbandry including survival surgery, designing and outfitting a behavioral suite, nuclei isolation for Single Cell Seq, allele discrimination (fPCR-RFLP)

Graduate Student Aug 2014 - Dec 2019

Alison Bell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Viral-mediated transgenesis, brain injection, and fluorescent in situ protocol development
• ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq on G. aculeatus for Simons project ’Molecular Roots of the Social Brain’
• Effect of nest presence on territorial value and aggression
• Adult neurgoenesis induced by territorial defense
• Additional Techniques: BrdU intraperitoneal injections, CRISPR knockdown, qPCR, CLARITY, ELISA, Pharmacology studies, R scripting

Research Technician II Feb 2008 - Aug 2014

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Phil Newmark), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Genetic screen of differentially expressed genes in the central nervous system of S. mediterranea
• RNAi knockdown screen of differentially expressed genes in the intestine of S. mediterranea
• Creation, development and maintenance of laboratory inventory database
• Lab computer support including building a workstation for an LSM 710 confocal microscope
• Maintenance of ultra-pure water purification system

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2019

Field of study: Neuroscience, Focus: Behavioral Genetics
Degree: Ph.D

Dissertation supervisor: Dr. Alison M. Bell
Dissertation: A Multipronged Approach to Understanding How Genes Contribute to Social Behavior in Threespine Stickleback

Washington University in St. Louis 2008

Field of study: Psychology
Degree: B.A.