Kacey Rajkovich

  • Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Hometown: Aurora, MN

  • Education:
    • Ph.D in Neuroscience from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    • B.S in Neuroscience and Biochemistry from The University of Minnesota

  • Personal Interests: Canvas painting, baking baguettes (work in progress!), chess, long walks with my cat at sunset, true crime and forensics documentaries, music (making it, watching it live, dive bar karaoke, or singing in the shower), REAL Mexican food (arguably more than an interest), lengthy phone conversations with distant friends and family, electronics DIY, and learning [often harsh] life lessons

  • Research Projects:

    • Characterizing the effects of autism-related SynGAP mutations on synaptic plasticity

    • Experience-dependent establishment of cortical synaptic territory and interaction between specific cortical input pathways

  • Publications:

    1. Rajkovich K, Loerwald KW, Hale CF, Hess CT, Gibson JR, Huber KM. (2017). Experience-Dependent and Differential Regulation of Local and Long-Range Excitatory Neocortical Circuits by Postsynaptic Mef2c. Neuron, 93(1): 48-56.

    2. Harrington AJ, Raissi A, Rajkovich K, Berto S, Kumar J, Molinaro G, Raduazzo J, Guo Y, Loerwald K, Konopka G, Huber KM, Cowan CW. (2016). MEF2C regulates cortical inhibitory and excitatory synapses and behaviors relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders. eLife 5. pii: e20059.

    3. Araujo DJ, Anderson AG, Berto S, Runnels W, Harper M, Ammanuel S, Rieger MA, Huang HC, Rajkovich K, Loerwald KW, Dekker JD, Tucker HO, Dougherty JD, Gibson JR, Konopka G. (2015). FoxP1 orchestration of ASD-relevant signaling pathways in the striatum. Genes Dev, 29(20):2081-96.
 

 

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