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Daniel R. Garton
Professional Overview
A motivated Columbia University undergraduate with research interest and experience in cellular and molecular
neuroscience, and macroautophagy.
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY. Expected Graduation: May 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior, Concentration in Linguistics, G.P.A.: 3.69/4.0
Selected Courses:
• Neurobiology I – A • Elementary Finnish I – A • Independent Biological
Research (3 semesters) – A+• Neurobiology II – A- • Elementary Finnish II – A
• Behavioral Neuroscience– A
• Neuropsychology of
Language – A
• Intermediate Finnish I – A-
• Historical Linguistics – A+
• Intro Biology (2 semesters) – A
• Intro Linguistics – A
Work Experience
Teaching Assistant, Columbia University
Introduction to Linguistics for Professor John McWhorter, Fall 2013
Introduction to Biology for Professor Deborah Mowshowitz, Fall 2014 to present
Chocolatier at David Bradley Chocolatier
June 2011 to August 2012
Research Experience
Poster Presentations
• Garton, D., Torres, C.A., Sulzer, D. Disruption of macroautophagy impairs movement in mice. (Columbia
University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Annual Symposium; January 2013)
• Torres, C.A., Garton, D., Sulzer, D. Amphetamine-dependent neuroplasticity; don’t forget macroautophagy
(College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; June, 2014)
• Torres, C.A., Hernandez, D., Garton, D., Sulzer, D. mTOR-dependent neuroplasticity; don’t forget
macroautophagy (Gordon Research Conference on Catecholamines; August, 2013)
Publications
• Characterization of a mouse model lacking macroautophagy in direct pathway medium spiny neurons:
implications for synaptic plasticity and motor disease (in preparation)
Core Qualifications
• Confocal and 2-photon microscopy
• Immunohistochemistry
• Western blot protein analysis
• PCR and gel electrophoresis
• Bacterial transformation
• Rodent husbandry and handling
• Patch Clamp Electrophysiology
• Basic lab skills (e.g. solution preparation,
pouring plates, sterile technique, etc.)
• Anymaze, GraphPad Prism, ImageJ,
IgorPro, Microsoft Excel programming
• Spanish and Finnish language skills
• Conversational in Portuguese and Italian
• Cyclic Voltammetry in live brain slice
Accomplishments
• Producer of Columbia Musical Theatre Society Presents: “RENT”
o Fundraised over $12,000
o Awarded the President’s & Provost’s Student Events Support Fund
o Awarded the Gatsby Student Arts Support Fund
• Awarded Columbia University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) funding
o Summer 2013 [$4000]
• Awarded Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Summer Undergraduate Research
Program funding
o Summers 2014 [$7,799] and 2015 [$12,500]
• Columbia Neuroscience Society, Executive Board member