Esther Krook-Magnuson, Ph.D.

K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
photo of Esther Krook-Magnuson
Institution
University of California , Irvine, CA
Awarded Project
On-demand Optogenetic Cerebellar Intervention for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Council Dates: October 2013 - May 2014

Independent Position: University of Minnesota

Esther Krook-Magnuson was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. In the lab of Dr. Ivan Soltesz, her research examined the role of cerebellar-hippocampal interactions during seizures and hippocampal-dependent cognition, using on- demand optogenetics, in vivo juxtacellular recordings, and behavioral testing with a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. She earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Georgetown University and a B.A. in cognitive science from University of California, Berkeley. Currently, Dr. Krook-Magnuson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota.