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Jenne M. Westberry, PhD
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 859-963-5561 Email: jwestberry@uky.edu
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 PhD in Neuroscience with a strong publication history and independent funding.
 Ten years of postgraduate laboratory experience in neuroscience, aging, women’s health and
epigenetics including proficiency in many laboratory techniques.
 Excellent communication, organization, presentation and management skills.
 Skilled and experienced science writer and editor.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Research Assistant Professor March 2011 - June 2013
 Use multiple molecular techniques to study epigenetic regulation of estrogen receptors in the
brain during aging and following an ischemic brain injury.
 Manage a laboratory staff including technicians, undergraduate and graduate students.
 Write and oversee NIH grants including an R03.
 Present scientific data in several forums at the University of KY and at National meetings.
 Scientific writing and editing in peer-reviewed journals.
 Collaborate with scientists at the University of KY and at other Universities to develop new
research protocols and enhance data interpretation.
 Highly proficient using ChIP assay, Methylation-specific PCR and Pyrosequencing.
Course Instructor August 2011-June 2013
 Communication Skills Workshop: Advanced course for second and third year PhD students.
 Instruct students to design presentations and develop and hone communication skills.
Postdoctoral Fellow July 2006 - February 2011
 Use several in vitro and in vivo models to study the protective effects of estrogen on the brain
after stroke and other traumatic brain injury.
 Conduct experiments to model brain injury and early postnatal development in to investigate
regulation of gene expression.
 Prepare manuscripts, lectures and meeting presentations.
 Develop and trouble-shoot techniques such as middle-cerebral artery occlusion surgery,
cortical explants, Immunohistochemistry, and methylation-specific PCR and ChIP assay.
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Postdoctoral Research Associate July 2004 - June 2006
 Use techniques including heterologous cell systems, cloning and hormone assay to
understand the clinical phenomenon of steroid hormone resistance.
 Interact with veterinarians, physicians and technical staff during experiments with new world
primates including squirrel monkeys and owl monkeys.
 Create a sterile environment for development of assisted reproductive technology protocols
including ovulation stimulating drug, sperm collection and fertilization of harvested ovum.
 Maintain multiple cell lines for use in transfection, luciferase assay and site-based
mutagenesis protocols.

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Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Graduate Research Assistant August 1997 - December 2003
 Use immediate-early gene expression and behavior to study the parts of the brain involved
with olfactory and pheromonal communication between mammals.
 Collaborate with members of the chemical senses community at FSU and other universities.
 Maintain large hamster breeding colony and independently design and execute studies using
large groups of animals.
 Small animal brain and palate surgery, as well as lesions of the olfactory epithelium.
 Extensive knowledge of brain anatomy including the amygdala and hypothalamus.
 Extensive experience with hamster and mouse mating behavior, in vivo electrophysiology,
immunohistochemistry using multiple fluorescent markers, in situ hybridization.
Graduate Teaching Assistant August 1997 - May 2001
 Neuroanatomy laboratory- required course first year medical school students and second year
neuroscience graduate students. Assist in discussion sections and laboratory sections.
 Experimental Physiology Lecture and Laboratory-Senior level Biology course and lab designed
to challenge Biology majors and provide hands-on experience with several different
techniques in electrophysiology including whole nerve and patch clamping.
 General Biology Lecture and Laboratory- Required course for second year Biology majors.
Responsibilities include preparing and presenting lecture and laboratory experiments.
EDUCATION
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Ph.D. Neuroscience, Dec. 2003
Dissertation Title: Categorization of pheromonal chemosignals by medial amygdala. Advisor: Dr.
Michael Meredith, PhD
M.S. Biological Sciences, August 2001
Thesis Title: The influence of chemosensory input and gonadotropin releasing hormone on neuronal
activation and behavior in male hamsters exposed to female pheromones. Advisor: Dr. Michael
Meredith, PhD
Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
B.S. Psychology, May 1997
Honors graduate (summa cum laude). Honors project title: Carboxy hemoglobin levels in male rats
after exposure to carbon monoxide.
FUNDING AND AWARDS
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
 NIH 1R03AG038909-01A1, Role: PI. Mechanisms of Age-Related Changes in Estrogen
Receptor Beta Expression in the rat.
 Bluegrass Society for Neuroscience Postdoctoral Poster award winner
 Forum For Reproductive Sciences and Women's Health Program Director
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
 Travel Award, Gordon conference on “Chemical Senses: Taste & Smell”
 NIH National Research Service Award (NIDCD) 1F31DC005725-01
 NIH Pre-doctoral Chemosensory Training Grant T32-CD00044

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Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
 Academic Major Award, Department of Psychology
 National Conference of Undergraduate Research Travel and Merit Award
 Kappa Delta Sorority, Epsilon Sigma Chapter
PUBLICATIONS
1. Westberry JM and Wilson ME (2012) Regulation of estrogen receptor alpha gene expression in
the mouse prefrontal cortex during early postnatal development. Neurogenetics 3(2): 159-67.
2. Westberry JM, Trout AL, and Wilson ME (2011) Epigenetic regulation of estrogen receptor beta
expression during aging. Neuroreport 22(9): 428-32.
3. Westberry JM, Trout AL, and Wilson ME (2010) Epigenetic regulation of ER alpha gene
expression in the mouse cortex during early postnatal development. Endocrinology 151(2): 731-740.
4. Wilson ME, Wesberry JM (2009) Regulation of oestrogen receptor gene expression: new insights
and novel mechanisms. J Neuroendocrinol. 21:238-242.
5. Westberry JM, Prewitt AK and Wilson ME (2008) Epigenetic regulation of the estrogen receptor
alpha promoter in the cerebral cortex following ischemia. Neuroscience 152: 982-989.
6. Wilson ME, WestberryJM, Prewitt AK (2008). Dynamic regulation of estrogen receptor-alpha gene
expression in the brain: a role for promoter methylation? Frontier in Neuroendocrinology 29: 375-385.
7. Meredith M, Samuelsen C, Blake C and Westberry JM (2007) Selective response of medial
amygdala subregions to reproductive and defensive chemosignals from conspecific and
heterospecific species; in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XI, J Hurst and R Beynon, Eds. Springer.
8. Schuler AM, Westberry JM, Parks VL, Kuehl TJ, and Abee CR (2007) Ultrasound-guided follicular
aspiration in squirrel monkeys. J Med Primatol 36: 113-117.
9. Westberry JM, Sadosky PW, Hubler TR, Gross K, and Scammell JG (2006) Glucocorticoid
resistance in squirrel monkeys results from a combination of a transcriptionally incompetent
glucocorticoid receptor and overexpression of the glucocorticoid receptor co-chaperone FKBP51. J
Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 100: 34-41.
10. Scammell JG, Westberry JM, Sadosky MS, Hubler TR, Williams LE, Gibson S, Ravinder JS, and
Shackleton SH (2006) Cortisol Metabolism in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis
bolivensis). Comparative Medicine 56: 22-29.
11. Schuler MA, Westberry JM, Scammell JG, Abee CR, Kuehl TJ, and Gordon JW (2006) Ovarian
stimulation of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) by using pregnant mare serum
gonadotropin. Comparative Medicine 56: 13-17.
12. Meredith M and WestberryJM (2004) Distinctive responses in medial amygdala to same-and
different species pheromones. The Journal of Neuroscience 24: 5719-5725.
13. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2003) The influence of chemosensory input and gonadotropin
releasing hormone on mating behavior circuits in the male hamster. Brain Research 974: 1-16.
14. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2003) Restoration of mating behavior in naive male hamsters with
vomeronasal organ lesions, by exposure to female chemosignals or intracerebral GnRH. Chemical
Senses 28: 191-196.
15. Rutoski NJ, Lerant AA, Nolte CM, Westberry JM, Levenson CW. (2002) Regulation of
neuropeptide Y in the rat amygdala following unilateral olfactory bulbectomy. Brain Research 951: 69-
76.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1. Westberry JM, Trout AL and Wilson ME (November, 2011) Regulation of estrogen receptor gene
expression during aging in the rat brain. SFN, 895.02/FF27.
2. Westberry JM, Trout AL and Wilson ME (2010) Hormone-specific regulation of estrogen receptor
alpha by methylation following MCAO. SFN poster presentation, San Diego, CA.

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3. Westberry JM, Trout AL and Wilson ME (2009) Changes in Promoter Methylation in the Rat Cortex
Following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion. SFN poster presentation, Chicago, IL.
4. Trout AL, Westberry JM, Sengoku T and Wilson ME (2009) Gender-specific regulation of cell
death and estrogen receptors in cortical explants following 2DG/KCN treatment. SFN poster
presentation, Chicago, IL.
5. Westberry JM, Tout AL, Wilson ME (2009) Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Gene Expression in
the Rodent Cortex During Aging. Blue Grass Society for Neuroscience.
6. Trout AL, Westberry JM, Jasper DK and Wilson ME (2008) Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha
in Cortical Explants. SFN poster presentation, Washington, DC.
7. Westberry JM, Prewitt AK and Wilson ME (2007) Regulation of ERα in the isocortex following
MCAO. SFN, San Diego, CA. Abstract: 377.5.
8. Westberry JM, Prewitt A, and Wilson ME (2007) Regulation of ER-α in the cortex following
ischemic injury. Blue Grass Society for Neuroscience. Neuroscience Day, March 2007, Lexington, KY.
9. Westberry JM, Sadosky P, Hubler T, and Scammell J (2006) Glucocorticoid resistance in squirrel
monkeys results from a combination of overexpression of the glucocorticoid receptor cochaperone
FKBP51 and mutations in the receptor. FASEB, San Francisco, CA.
10. Westberry JM and Meredith M (2004) Categorization of chemosensory input in medial amygdala:
Requirement for vomeronsasal input in sexually naive and experienced male hamsters. AChemS
XXVI, Sarasota, FL.
11. Westberry JM, Blake CB, and Meredith M (2004) Vomeronasal chemosensory input is necessary
for amygdala responses that discriminate classes of stimuli differing in social relevance in hamsters.
SFN, San Diego, CA. Neurosci Abs 30: 2018.
12. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2003) Socially-relevant chemosensory stimuli selectively activate
posterior medial amygdala. AChemS XXV, Sarasota, FL.
13. Westberry JM (2002) Selective responses to chemosensory stimuli in the medial amygdala.
Southeastern Nerve Net, Atlanta, GA.
14. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2002) Selective responses to chemosensory stimuli in the medial
amygdala. AChemS XXIV.
15. Westberry JM (2001) Exposure to Female Pheromones Facilitates Mating in Male Hamsters with
Vomeronasal Lesions. Southeastern Nerve Net, Wakulla Springs, FL.
16. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2001) Is Pre-exposure to Female Pheromones Equivalent to Sexual
Experience for Male Hamsters Mating after Vomeronasal Lesions? SFN, San Diego, CA. Neurosci
Abs 27: 1596.
17. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2000) Fos expression in Medial Preoptic Area due to intracerebral
GnRH injection in intact male hamsters and those with vomeronasal lesions before and after
experience. AChemS XXI, Chem Senses 25: 646.
18. Westberry JM, Meredith M (2000) Activation of neurons in subdivisions of Medial Preoptic Area
(MPOA) by convergent input from chemosensory pathways and GnRH. SFN, New Orleans, LA.
Neurosci Abs 26: 2195.
19. Westberry JM and Meredith M (1999) Intracerebro-ventricular (icv) LHRH Injections Increase c-
fos Expression in the Medial Preoptic Area of Male Hamsters Exposed to Female Pheromones. Chem
Senses 24: 535.
20. Westberry JM, Moeller J, Meredith M (1999) Exposure to Female Chemosignals in Combination
With ICV Injection of LHRH Increases Fos Expression in the Medial Preoptic Area of Male Hamsters.
SFN, Miami, FL. Neurosci Abs 25: 2187.