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CURRENT POSITION AND ADDRESS

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Columbia University
920 Fairchild Center, MC 2439
1212 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-4539 (phone)
(212) 865-8246 (fax)
brann@biology.columbia.edu
jesse_brann@yahoo.com


EDUCATION

Postdoctoral studies, 2005-present, Columbia University (New York, NY), Neurobiology.

Ph.D., 2000-2005, The Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), Neuroscience.

B.A., 1996-2000, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). Biology, Neuroscience concentration, History Minor.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research
09/2006 – present: NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Stuart Firestein, Advisor. Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University.

09/2005 – 08/2006: Postdoctoral Scientist, Dr. Stuart Firestein, Advisor. Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University.

08/2000 – 08/2005: NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellow, Dr. Debra Ann Fadool, Advisor. Program in Neuroscience and Biophysics, Department of Biology, The Florida State University.

09/1998 – 07/2000: Research Assistant, Dr. Albert I. Farbman, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University. Immunohistochemistry, single-cell RT-PCR, DNA sequencing.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Animal Development, PCB , The Florida State University. Professor, Dr. James M. Fadool. Lecture was entitled “Dorsal-Ventral Patterning of the Nervous System.” Spring Semester, 2004.

Lecturer, Vertebrate Physiology, PCB 3743, The Florida State University. Professor, Dr. Debra Ann Fadool. Lectures were entitled: “Cell Structure and Function;” “Membrane Physiology;” “The Action Potential, Synapses, and Neuronal Integration.” January 2003.

Professional Experience and Skills
- Slice electrophysiology (whole cell voltage-clamp, current-clamp)
- RT-PCR, qPCR
- Microarray analysis
- Calcium imaging
- Rodent surgical techniques
- in situ hybridization
- SDS-PAGE protein analysis
- Immunoprecipitation, protein-protein interactions
- Cell culture and transient transfection.
- Computer skills: both Windows and Mac platforms; Heka Pulse, Igor Pro, Scion Image, NIH ImageJ, GraphPad Prism, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Word processing (Word, WordPerfect), Excel, PowerPoint, Axon suite of programs for electrophysiological recording, Origin, Photoshop, SigmaStat and SigmaPlot, Webpage design and maintenance (HTML, RapidWeaver, Fugu).

GRANT HISTORY

F32 DC008455 Postdoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, “Lifelong Development of the Vomeronasal Epithelium,” 09/2006 – 08/2009.

F31 DC006153 Predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, “Signal Transduction in the Vomeronasal Organ,” 05/2003 – 07/2005.

AWARDS AND HONORS
• Society for Neuroscience and Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN) Postdoctoral Travel Award, San Diego, CA, November 3-7, 2007.

• Polak Junior Scientist Travel Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences XXIX (AChemS), Sarasota, FL, April 25-29, 2007.

• Participant, 20th Anniversary Summer Institute on Aging Research, The National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, July 8-14, 2006, Queenstown, MD.

• Finalist and Alternate, L’OREAL USA For Women in Science Fellowship Competition, 2006.
• Scientific Writing Contest, 2nd place, Sigma Xi, The Florida State University, 2005.

• Women In Neuroscience-Eli Lilly and Women In Neuroscience-Pfizer Student/Postdoc Travel Awards, Society for Neuroscience (SfN), 2004.

• Society for Neuroscience (SfN) SfN Chapters/Eli Lilly Graduate Student Travel Award, 2004.

• Don Tucker Memorial Award for Graduate Student Research, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXVI, Sarasota, FL, 2004.

• Margaret Y. Menzel Endowed Award, Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2003.

• Graduate Student Publication Award, Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2003.

• Predoctoral Chemosensory Training Grant, T32-DC00044, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, 8/2000 – 4/2003.

• Dissertation Research Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2003.

• Gordon Research Conference Student Fellowship, Chemical Senses: Taste & Smell, New London, NH, 2003.

• Travel Award, Southeast Nerve Net, St. Augustine, FL, 2003.

• Travel Award, Southeast Nerve Net, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

• Bryan W. Robinson Endowment for the Neurosciences, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation, 2001, 2002.

• Travel Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), 2001, 2002.

• Travel Award, Congress of Graduate Students, The Florida State University, 2000, 2001, 2002.

• Summer Undergraduate Research Award, Northwestern University, 1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Brann, J.H., Saideman, S.R., Valley, M.T. and D. Wiedl. 2007. Strategies for Odor Coding in the Piriform Cortex. J. Neurosci. 27:1237-1238.

Dominguez, J.M., Gil, M., Brann, J.H. and E.M. Hull. 2006. Sexual experience increases nitric oxide synthase in the medial preoptic area of male rats. Behav Neurosci. 120:1389-94.

Brann, J.H. and D. A. Fadool. 2006. Vomeronasal sensory neurons from S. odoratus utilize the PLC pathway in pheromone transduction. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 209 (Pt 10):1914-1927.

Labra, A., Brann, J.H. and D. A. Fadool. 2005. Heterogeneity of voltage- and chemosignal-activated response profiles in vomeronasal sensory neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 94(4):2535-2548.

Farbman, A.I., Brann, J.H., Rozenblat, A., Rochlin, M.W., Weiler, E.,  Bhattacharyya, M.     2004. Developmental expression of neurotrophin receptor genes in rat geniculate ganglion neurons. J. Neurocytol., 33(3):331-343.

Brann, J.H., Dennis, J.C., Morrison, E.E., and D.A. Fadool. 2002. Type specific inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor localization in the vomeronasal organ and its interaction with a transient receptor potential channel, TRPC2. J. Neurochem. 83(6):1452-60.

Fadool D.A., M. Wachowiak, and J.H. Brann. 2001. Patch-clamp analysis of voltage- and chemosignal-activated currents in the vomeronasal organ. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 204(Pt 24):4199-4212.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

Brann, J.H. and S. Firestein. Changes in the vomeronasal organ after injury as it varies with aging. In preparation.

Brann, J.H. and S. Firestein. Proliferation and apoptosis rates in the vomeronasal organ throughout the mouse lifespan. In preparation.

Brann, J.H. and D. A Fadool. Signalplex consisting of TRPC2, Homer, and IP3R3 identified in the vomeronasal organ. In preparation.

Brann, J.H., Levenson, C.W., and D.A. Fadool. Transcriptional regulation of the IP3R. In preparation.

PRESENTATIONS

Brann, J.H. 2005. “Sensory transduction in the vomeronasal organ.” Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Brann, J.H. 2005. “Sensory transduction in the vomeronasal organ.” Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Brann, J.H. 2003. “TRPC2 and IP3R3 ion channel expression in the formation of a vomeronasal receptor potential.” Program in Neuroscience Summer Seminar Series, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2002. “Type-specific inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor expression in the vomeronasal organ.” Southeast Nerve Net (SENN), Atlanta, GA, USA.

Brann, J.H. 2001. “Signal transduction in the vomeronasal organ.” Neuroscience Program Summer Seminar Series, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.

ABSTRACTS

Brann, J.H. and S. Firestein. 2007. Proliferation rates in the VNE before and after injury as it varies with aging. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA.

Brann, J.H. and S. Firestein. 2007. Proliferation in the VNO decreases with age but ability to respond to injury does not. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXIX, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2005. Homer, a family of adaptor proteins, is expressed in the vomeronasal organ and olfactory bulb. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXVII, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2004. Signalplex consisting of TRPC2, Homer, and IP3R3 identified in the vomeronasal organ. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2004. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signaling in the vomeronasal organ. International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT), Kyoto, Japan.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2004. Protein interactions with the TRPC2 ion channel in the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXVI, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2003. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) and Homer expression in the rodent vomeronasal organ. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), New Orleans, LA, USA.

Brann, J.H. and D.A. Fadool. 2003. Signal transduction in the vomeronasal organ of the rat and turtle, Sternotherus odoratus. Southeast Nerve Net (SENN), St. Augustine, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H., Tucker, K., and D.A. Fadool 2002. BDNF modulation of Kv1.3 channel function via tyrosine phosphorylation is sensory experience and time dependent. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Orlando, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H., Dennis, J.C., Morrison, E.E., and D.A. Fadool. 2002. Expression of second messenger pathways in the vomeronasal organ. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXIV, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brann, J.H., Wachowiak, M., and D.A. Fadool. 2001. Chemosignal-activated currents and expression of second messenger pathways in the vomeronasal organ. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA.

Fadool D.A., M. Wachowiak, and J.H. Brann. 2001. Chemosignal-activated whole-cell currents in the vomeronasal (VN) organ. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) XXIII, Sarasota, FL, USA.

Brann J.H., M. Wachowiak, and D.A. Fadool. 2001. Sexual dimorphism in the vomeronasal (VN) organ of the common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus. Southeast Nerve Net (SENN), Wakulla Springs, FL, USA.

MEMBERSHIPS

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Physiological Society (APS)
Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS)
Association of Women in Science (AWIS)
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Southeast Nerve Net (SENN)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

SERVICE

• Senator, Columbia University Senate, New York, NY, 09/2007 – 08/2009.

• Member, Physical Development Committee, Columbia University Senate, New York, NY, 09/2007 – present.

• Member, Task Force on Campus Planning, Columbia University Senate, Columbia University, New York, NY, 02/2007 – present.

• Member, Research Officers Committee, Columbia University Senate, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10/2006 – present.

• Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Program in Neuroscience, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 9/2003 – 9/2004.

• Member, Graduate Training Committee, Program in Neuroscience, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 9/2003 – 9/2004.

• President, Neuroscience Graduate Student Organization (NGSO), The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 9/2002 – 9/2004.

• Financial Officer, Neuroscience Graduate Student Organization (NGSO), The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001.

• Representative, College of Arts & Sciences, Congress of Graduate Students (COGS), The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001 – 2004.

• Information Officer, Executive Board, Congress of Graduate Students (COGS), The Florida State University, 2002-2004.

• Chair, Code Revision Committee, Congress of Graduate Students (COGS), The Florida State University, 2003.

• Chair, Budget Committee, Congress of Graduate Students (COGS), The Florida State University, 2002.

• Judge, Capital Regional Science & Engineering Fair, Tallahasseee, FL, 2002, 2003.

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