Barbara Gisabella, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Psychiatry
Email:
bgisabella@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 815-7984
Education
| Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, PhD, Electrophysiology | 2003 |
| Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MS, Electrophysiology | 1999 |
| University of Bologna, Italy, BS, Biology | 1997 |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 08/2022 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences | 03/2019 - 07/2022 |
| Research Fellow in Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology | 01/2017 - 02/2019 |
| Research Scientist, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, M.I.T. | 08/2013 - 09/2016 |
| Instructor, Harvard Medical School, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 2004 - 07/2013 |
| Research Fellow in Psychiatry, Mclean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, School of Medicine | 2003 - 2004 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Alcohol Use Disorder, NIH/NIAAA F31 AA030166-01A1 | 05/2023 - 05/2026 |
| Extramural, Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation in the Amygdala-Hippocampal Circuit, NIMH/NIGMS 1P20GM144041-01A1 | 03/2023 - 02/2028 |
| Extramural, Molecular Correlates of Memory Consolidation in Psychiatric disorders and Aging, Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation Neuroscience Initiative | 12/2022 - 07/2024 |
| Extramural, Morphological Correlates of Memory Consolidation During Sleep, NIMH | 05/2019 - 03/2022 |
| Extramural, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation, NIH | 01/2017 - 02/2019 |
| Extramural, Effects of stress during development on the circuit involving Amygdala, Hippocampus and the mPFCx., Adam Corneel Young Investigator Award | 01/2005 - 01/2006 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Valeri, J., Gisabella, B., Pantazopoulos, H. Dynamic Regulation of the Extracellular Matrix in Reward Memory Processes: A Question of Time. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience,2023 | doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1208974 | 2023 |
| Lindsay Rexrode, Matthew Tennin, Jobin Babu, Caleb Young, Ratna Bollavarapu, Ameley Lawson, Jake Valeri, Harry Pantazopoulos, Barbara Gisabella, Regulation of Dendritic Spines in the Amygdala Following Sleep Deprivation. Frontiers in Sleep, 2023, 2:1145203,DOI 10.3389/frsle.2023.1145203 | 2023 |
Book Chapter | |
| Benes, F. M., Cunningham, M. C., Berretta, S., and Gisabella, B. Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease Vogt, B. (Ed.), chapter 31, Birkhauser Boston | 2009 |
| Benes, F.M., and Gisabella, B. Rat Modeling for GABA Defects in Schizophrenia Advance in Pharmacology, Volume 54, 2006 | 2006 |
Presentations
| Poster Presentation, Increased expression of the L-type calcium channel CACNA1C in the hippocampus of subjects with alcohol use disorder and comparison in rhesus monkeys with chronic alcohol exposure, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL | 10/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Diurnal Expression Rhythms in the Amygdala of Subjects with Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and Schizophrenia, NISBRE Conference, Washington DC | 06/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Diurnal Expression Rhythms in the Amygdala of Subjects with Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and Schizophrenia, CRRC WIP Meeting, UMMC | 05/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama | 03/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Diurnal Expression Rhythms in the Amygdala of Subjects with Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and Schizophrenia, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Breckenridge, Colorado | 02/2024 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford (MS) | 04/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Novel Molecular Correlates of Memory Consolidation in Psychiatric Disorders and Aging, Neuroscience Research Showcase, University of Mississippi, Oxford (MS) | 04/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Sleep Deprivation Decreases Dendritic Spines and Expression of CaMKIIα and SST in Hippocampal Neurons Following Contextual Fear Learning, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Snowbird, UT | 01/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Mississippi College TriBeta Society, Clinton (MS) | 11/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Novel Molecular Correlates of Memory Consolidation in Psychiatric Disorders and Aging, Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation Neuroscience Initiative, Jackson (MS) | 10/2022 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of emotional memories in Psychiatric disorders, University of Toledo College of Medicine Neuroscience Seminar Series, Toledo, OH | 06/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Regulation of dendritic spines by sleep deprivation in a fear memory trace in the hippocampus, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi (MS) | 03/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Sleep Deprivation Induces Opposing Effects on Dendritic Spine Remodeling in Amygdala-Hippocampal Memory Circuit, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Snowmass, Colorado | 02/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Modulation of dendritic spines in the amygdala-hippocampus circuit during sleep, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi (MS) | 08/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, UMMC Neuroscience Seminar Series, Jackson (MS) | 03/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, CRRC WIP Meeting (UMMC), Jackson (MS) | 11/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Tulane University BRAIN Institute, New Orleans, LA | 10/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation, Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine Annual Poster Session, Boston (MA) | 10/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation, World Sleep Conference, Vancouver, Canada | 09/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, University of Mississippi Brain Awareness Constellation Expo, Oxford (MS) | 07/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Sleep Medicine and Biology group (UMMC), Jackson (MS) | 07/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Neuroscience Research &Innovation Symposium, UMMC | 04/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Emotional Memory in Psychiatric Disorders, Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences Dept. , University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 08/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation, Sleep Regulation and Function Gordon Research Conference (GRC), Galveston, Texas | 03/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines after sleep deprivation, Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine Annual Poster Session, Boston, MA | 10/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation, Wiring the Brain, Cold Spring Harbor, Cold Spring Harbor (NY) | 04/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Growth hormone regulates dendritic spine density and neuronal activity in amygdala neurons, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | 01/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Growth hormone regulates dendritic spine density and neuronal activity in amygdala neurons, McGovern Institute, MIT, Falmouth, MA | 06/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Locally synthesized growth hormone enhances spine density in the amygdala, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC | 11/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Growth hormone stimulates increased spine density in amygdalar neurons, 7th International Congress of GRS and IGF Society, Singapore | 10/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, GABAergic interneurons in a model of Schizophrenia, 14th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Orlando, FL | 03/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Ih and GIRK modulation of kainate receptors induces abnormal GABA neuronal firing rates in SZ, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Kainate receptor regulation of inhibitory and disinhibitory gabaergic activity in a model of SZ, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL | 10/2009 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amygdalar regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in fast-spiking interneurons in a SZ model, Belmont, MA, Mclean Hospital Student Visitor Program Seminar Series | 05/2008 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amygdalar regulation of membrane properties and Ih channels in CA2/3 GABA cells in a model of SZ., Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC | 11/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amygdalar regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in fast-spiking interneurons in a SZ model, Belmont, MA, Mclean Hospital Student Visitor Program Seminar Series | 05/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of synaptic Plasticity in a schizophrenia model, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | 05/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Amygdalar activation during development induces decreases of mPFCx glutamate/GABA-ergic mechanisms, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC | 11/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, GABAergic modulation of hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) by the basolateral amygdala in SZ, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 10/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, Mechanism of inhibition of LTP by preconditioning stimulation, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2001 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| UMMC Excellence in Research Award Gold, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2024 |
| UMMC Excellence in Research Award Silver, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2023 |
| UMMC Excellence in Research Award Bronze, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2020 |
| Best Poster Award, 4th Annual Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting, Chicago, Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society | 2015 |
| Young Investigator Travel award, 7th International Congress of GRS and IGF Society, Singapore, GRS and IGF Society | 2014 |
| Pope Award for Young Investigators, Harvard Medical School | 2006 |
| Adam Corneil Young Investigator Award, Harvard Medical School | 2005 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Sleep Research Society, Member | 2018 - Present |
| World Sleep Society, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Society of Biological Psychiatry, Member | 2010 - Present |
| The New York Academy of Sciences, Member | 2008 - 2016 |
| Society for Neuroscience, Member | 2001 - Present |
| The Physiological Society (UK), Member | 2000 - 2002 |
Committee Service
| PIN Qualifying Exam, Chair | 2024 - Present |
| Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Neuroscience Division, Chair | 2023 - Present |
| Program in Neuroscience Admissions Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| PIN Curriculum Committee Meeting, Member | 2022 - Present |
| PIN Qualifying Exam, Co-Chair | 2022 - Present |
| Program in Neuroscience Executive Committee, Member | 2021 - 2024 |
| Administrative Assistant Hiring Subcommittee, Member | 2020 - 2020 |
| Medical School Course Evaluation Subcommittee, Member | 2019 - Present |
| PIN Graduate Student Qualifying Exam Committee, Member | 2019 - Present |
Community Service
| GWIMS Mentorship Program for women in science, Mentor | 11/2021 - Present |
| Preclinical Student Advising 1st and 2nd year medical students at UMMC, 1-hour sessions for 10 students, 2-3 times a year, Advisor | 11/2019 - Present |
Other Service
| Frontiers in Psychiatry | |
| Frontiers in Neuropharmacology | |
| Brain Research | |
| Neural Plasticity | |
| Scientific Reports | |
| Neuroscience Letters | |
| American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | |
| Faculty Research grant 2020 Program FRG20-L, American University of Sharjah | |
| Frontiers in Neuropharmacology | |
| Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | |
| F1000 Research | |
| Psychoneuroendocrinology | |
| UMMC Intramural Research Support Program, reviewer | |
| Primary grant reviewer UMMC Intramural Research Support Program, Primary grant reviewer |
Teaching Experience
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Special Topics in Neuroscience | Summer 2024 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Special Topics in Neuroscience | Summer 2023 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Special Topics in Neuroscience: Neurodevelopmental Models of Psychiatric Disorders | Summer 2023 |
| NSCI 701, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Foundations in Neuroscience | Annual 2023 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Special Topics in Neuroscience: Topics in AD/ADRD: Neurovascular Coupling | Summer 2022 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Special Topics in Neuroscience | Summer 2022 |
| NSCI 701, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Foundations in Neuroscience | Annual 2022 |
| NCSI 708, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Special Topics in Neuroscience | Summer 2021 |
| NSCI 701, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Foundations in Neuroscience | Annual 2021 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Special Topics in Neuroscience: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Synaptic Plasticity | Summer 2020 |
| NSCI 701, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Foundations in Neuroscience | Annual 2020 |
| NSCI 791, Graduate, Lab, Mentor, Senior Laboratory Rotations | Annual 2019 |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Jobin J Babu | 2024 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Hayley Bounds | 2024 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Andrea Bonner | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shuchi Patel | 2024 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Stephen J Azar | 2024 - 2024 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: John Benton | 2023 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Morgan C. Bell | 2023 - Present |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Member, Advised: Jena' N. Mazique | 2023 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Christian Hernandez | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shuchi Patel | 2023 - 2023 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Megan L. Mascaro | 2023 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Jason T. Newbaker | 2023 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Skylar H. Marshall | 2023 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Tanya Shenoy | 2023 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Rita Lacy | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Bilal A. Ahmad | 2023 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jacob W. Garteiser | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Rachel M. Rocray | 2023 - 2023 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Chair, Advised: Tanya Pareek | 2022 - Present |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Tanya Pareek | 2022 - Present |
| reviewer of NSCI 791 (Senior Lab Rotations) end semester, Advised: Jena Mazique | 2022 - 2022 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Co-Chair, Advised: William S. Doyle | 2022 - 2022 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Co-Chair, Advised: Tanya Pareek | 2022 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Rita Lacy | 2022 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Selah C. Hall | 2022 - 2022 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Co-Chair, Advised: Allie M. Smith | 2022 - 2022 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Aya A. Ali | 2021 - Present |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: Jake Valeri | 2021 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Caroline G. Doherty | 2021 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Joseph Crosby | 2021 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jena Mazique | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Caleb Young | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Siri Yarlagadda | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Lindsay E. Rexrode | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Ameley Lawson | 2021 - 2021 |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: Jaren A. Reeves-Darby | 2020 - Present |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Logan L. Sears | 2020 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Emily A. Mansour | 2020 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Conner N. Hughey | 2020 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: William Varner | 2020 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Benjamin T. Brainerd | 2020 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Rhenius B. Antonyraj | 2020 - 2020 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Keauna Hilton | 2020 - 2020 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Member, Advised: Charles C. Barnes | 2020 - 2020 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Jake Valeri | 2020 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jake Valeri | 2020 - 2020 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Alexandra M. Rose | 2019 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Kristen L. Harvey | 2019 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Judi E. Stephens | 2019 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Mackenzie L. Miller | 2019 - 2021 |
| Preclinical advisor, Advised: Kelsey M. Morgan | 2019 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Elisabeth Gordineer | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: David Benefield | 2019 - 2019 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Member, Advised: Loc M. Pham | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shadia Farah | 2015 - 2016 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Kathryn Levitsky | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Leighanne Wang | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Akito Yamada | 2012 - 2013 |
Fellows supervised
| UMMC, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 09/2020 - 04/2021 |