Lucian Medrihan

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Bucharest, Romania

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry

Country

Romania

Lab Experience

basic biochemistry techniques, cell cultures, molecular biology techniques (DNA purification, transformation, amplification, transfection), calcium imaging, patch-clamp techniques

Projects / Research

2002 – 2003: BSc Thesis: "Phorbol-esters effects on PKC activation of VR-1 receptor heterologously expressed in HEK293 cells"
2003: Team project concerning molecular mechanisms involved in cold transduction through TRPM8 receptor (Romanian Government Research Grant)

Scholarships / Awards

2003 – 2004:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2000 – 2002:	University of Bucharest Scholarship

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I would like to understand as much as possible about the brain. My main interest is to search for the molecular basis and signaling pathways of neurological diseases.