Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., University of Houston, 2000

Research and Professional Interests:

Signaling and circadian modulation regulating associative memory

Selected Publications:

Khabour, O., J. Levenson, L. C. Lyons, L. Katagaya, J. Chin, J. H. Byrne, and A. Eskin. 2004. Coregulation of glutamate uptake and long-term sensitization in Aplysia. Journal of Neuroscience 24:8829-8837.

Lyons, L. C., O. Rawashdeh, A. Katzoff, A. J. Susswein, and A. Eskin. 2005. Circadian modulation of complex learning in diurnal and nocturnal Aplysia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 102:12589-12594.

Lyons, L. C., O. Rawashdeh, and A. Eskin. 2006. Non-ocular circadian oscillators and photoreceptors modulate long-term memory formation in Aplysia. Journal of Biological Rhythms 21:245-255.

Lyons, L. C., M. S. Collado, O. Khabour, C. L. Green, and A. Eskin. 2006. The circadian clock modulates core steps in long-term memory formation in Aplysia. Journal of Neuroscience 26:8662-8671.

Collado, M. S., L. C. Lyons, J. M. Levenson, J. D. Pita-Almenar, O. Khabour, L. Schrader, and A. Eskin. 2007. In vivo regulation of an Aplysia glutamate transporter, APGT1, during long-term memory formation. Journal of Neurochemistry 100:1315-1328.

Lyons, L. C., C. L. Green, and A. Eskin. The circadian clock inhibits learning induced transcription at night. In preparation for submission to Journal of Neuroscience.

Michel, Maximilian

Graduate Students:

Millsaps, Brianna

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