Michela (Micky) Marinelli, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1997, University of Bordeaux 2 (France)

Office: 2.124
Building: BSB
Phone: 847-578-8673
Fax: 847-578-3268
Email: micky.marinelli@rosalindfranklin.edu

People
Current Lab Members
Kerstin Ford
Research Associate
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Phone: 847-578-3000, ext 3245
Projects: General lab manager, Adolescent addiction liability, Stress and self-administration/relapse Collaboration with Marina Wolf on incubation of cocaine craving
Approaches: Self-administration, Western blots, immunohistochemistry, histology, data analysis, animal health and supervision
James (Jaime) McCutcheon
Research Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Phone: 847-578-3000, ext 3588
Projects: Adolescent addiction liability
Approaches: Patch clamp, Western blots, immunohistochemistry
Nicole (Nikki) Tucci
Research Technician
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Phone: 847-578-3000, ext 3586
Projects: Adolescent addiction liability
Approaches: Self-administration, histology, and immunohistochemistry
Wai Chong (Vivian) Wong
Graduate Student
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Phone: 847-578-3000, ext 3586
Steven CarrMD with distinction program
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Phone: 847-578-3000, ext 3586
Projects: Adolescent addiction liability
Approaches: In vivoextracellular recordings,data analysis

Ongoing Collaborations

Marina Wolf
Professor and Chair, Dept. Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University
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Projects:
Mechanisms of incubation of cocaine craving Receptor trafficking during adolescence/adulthood
Xiaoxi Zhuang
Associate Professor, Dept. Neurobiology, University of Chicago
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Projects:
Role of dopamine neuron firing vs. bursting in learning vs. motivation
D. Scott Zahm
Professor, Dept. Pharmacological & Physiological Science,St. Louis University
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Projects:
Activation of ventral tegmental afferents during cocaine self-administration, neuronal activation during cocaine self-administration
Dan McGehee
Associate Professor,
Dept. Anesthesia & Critical Care,
University of Chicago
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Projects:
Excitatory synaptic input onto dopamine neurons during adolescence/adulthood
Yavin Shaham
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA/IRP
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Projects: Mechanisms of incubation of cocaine craving

Lab Life

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Kelly, Micky, and LindsayIn the lab (extracellular rig), Winter 2006

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Kelly, Micky, and Lindsay,In the lab (extracellular rig), Winter 2006

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Chuck & Micky In front of the extracellular rig, May 2004

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Ingo looking at Chuck’s experiment. Behind the Faraday cage of the extracellular rig, May 2004

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Mitch, flushing a rat in the Behavioral Research Facility, Sept 2005

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Lindsay Cotterly (Research Assistant), Sept 2005

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Alex Dec (rotating student), building the self-administration chambers from scratch, Self-administration room, Dec 2004  

Meetings

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Xiu-Ti Hu & Micky Neuronal Plasticity Meeting,St. Lucia, WI Feb 2004

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Louk Vanderschuren, Terry Robinson, Aldo BadianiEBBS/EBPS Joint Meeting, Marseille, France Sept 2001

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Micky Marinelli, Jenny Mitchell, Elyssa Margolis, Toni Shippenberg, Howard Fields Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007

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Lisa Monteggia & Micky ACNP Meeting, Hawaii Dec 2002

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Channing Cooper, Leah Leverich, Don Cooper, Kurt Illig, Tim Koeltzow, Micky Marinelli Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007

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Carrie Ferrario, last day of the neuroscience meeting! Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007

Poster

Jaime McCutcheon, Steve Carr, Alessandra Bonito Oliva - Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007

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Psychopharmacology Social Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA Nov 2006

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Taco DeVries, Uri Shalev, Aldo Badiani, drinking a Scorpion Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA Nov 2006

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Paul Vezina, Bruce Hope, Paul ClarkeAt Yavin Shaham’s Award Reception Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA November 2006

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Yavin Shaham, Karin Shaham, Jane Stewart, Shimon Amir At Yavin Shaham’s Award Reception Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA Nov 2006

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Aldo Badiani, splattered Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, Nov 2006

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Aldo Badiani a year later—proving that he can remain completely clean! Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007

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Don Cooper & Kiki Sideroupoulou Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA October 2004

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Lorinda Baker & MickySociety for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA October 2004

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Micky, Geert Ramakers, Louk VanderschurenSociety for Neuroscience, Washington, DCNovember 2005

Colleagues

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Consequences of Paul Phillips’s visit to Rosalind Franklin University(June 2007)Mitch Roitman, Paul Phillips, Ingo Willuhn, Natalie Bratcher, Micky Marinelli, Jon Britt, Stefan Sandberg, Jaime McCutcheon

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Happy boys at party with parents (Oct 07)Jaime McCutcheon, Ingo Willuhn, Maud Morshedi

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Happy boys at party with parents (Oct 2007)Viet, Jaime, Ingo, Maud

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Party with parents  (Oct 2007)Carrie Ferrario

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Party with parents (Oct 2007)Motoyo Yano, Jaime McCutcheon, Micky Marinelli

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Party with parents (Oct 2007)Sarah Seitz and Alessandra Bonito Oliva

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Party for Xiu-Ti’s new job (July 2007)Adriana, Judy, Jim, Lily, Gary, Xiu-Ti, Kuei


Another party for Xiu-Ti’s new job (July 2007)Lori, Gary, Micky, Jim, Judy, Marina, Lily(Judy & Marina are singing)


Party for Xiu-Ti’s new job(July 2007)Gary (singing) and Micky


CMP Department party (April 2006) Heinz, Gary, Micky; Maud, Ingo, Joel, David


Lindsay Cotterly bye bye party (June 2006) Christina, Victor, Lindsay, Maud, Kelly


Celeste Napier, Ann Kelley, Micky Marinelli (Madison 21 August 2006)

col21 Frank White Lab (1998)
Kiki Sideroupoulou
Lorinda Baker
Micky Marinelli
Cindy Brandon
Jayms Peterson
Xiu-Ti Hu
Don Cooper
Frank White
Yan Dong
Tim Koeltzow
Frank White Lab (2000)
Carolyn Grevers
Frank White
Don Cooper
Somnath Basu
Fernando Nasif
Xiiu-Ti Hu
Micky Marinelli
Kiki Sideroupoulou
Kerstin Ford
Mariela Perez
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col23 Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology (2004)
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