Max Vargas
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Graduate Student

Max received his B.S. in pharmacology with an emphasis in neurobiology and behavior from UC Santa Barbara.  As an undergraduate he studied the role GEFH1 plays in the measles virus infection, under the guidance of Dr. Zach Ma.  His current research interests involve steroid hormones and how they modulate neural plasticity.

Awards:
2017  NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Fellowship
2018  UC Davis Pharmacology T32 Training Grant
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