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​Jayashri Viswanathan

Undergraduate Student

Jayashri is an undergraduate student at UC Davis majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and minoring in Neuroscience and Economics. Her research in the Olson Lab aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which hallucinogenic compounds exert their consciousness-altering effects. She plans to pursue graduate studies in Neuroscience or Biochemistry. Outside of research, Jayashri enjoys reading, playing tennis, and learning golf.


Publications

• Dunlap, L. E.; Azinfar, A.; Ly, C.; Cameron, L. P.; Viswanathan, J.; Tombari, R. J.; Myers-Turnbull, D.; Taylor, J. C.; Grodzki, A. C.; Lein, P. J.; Kokel, D.; Olson, D. E. Identification of Psychoplastogenic N,N-Dimethylaminoisotryptamine (isoDMT) Analogs Through Structure-Activity Relationship Studies. J. Med. Chem., 2020, 63, 1142–1155.
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LP Cameron, RJ Tombari, J Lu, AJ Pell, ZQ Hurley, Y Ehinger, MV Vargas, MN McCarroll, JC Taylor, D Myers-Turnbull, T Liu, B Yaghoobi, LJ Laskowski, EI Anderson, G Zhang, J Viswanathan, BM Brown, M Tjia, LE Dunlap, ZT Rabow, O Fiehn, H Wulff, JD McCorvy, PJ Lein, D Kokel, D Ron, J Peters, Y Zuo, DE Olson. (2021) A Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelic Analog with Therapeutic Potential. Nature 589:474–479.

Awards
  • 2021 Molecular and Cell Biology Departmental Citation                                       
  • 2021 College of Biological Sciences Distinguished Scholar Award                               
  • 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research                         
  • 2021 Berkeley Graduate Fellowship (declined)                                               
  • 2020 UC Davis Endorsee, Rhodes Scholarship                                                      
  • 2020 UC Davis Endorsee, Marshall Scholarship   
  • 2020 Phi Beta Kappa 
  • 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarship
  • 2020 Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship​
  • 2020 Hanson Family Undergraduate Research Publication Award
  • 2019 Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship
  • 2019 Best Presentation in Chemical Biology, Richard Larock Conference
  • 2019 Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Science Book Award, Bryan R. Miller Symposium
  • 2019 Barbara Chapman Best Poster Presentation, 2nd Place, Neurofest

Email - jviswanathan@ucdavis.edu
Twitter - @jayashri_v
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayashri-viswanathan-1a54501a6


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