Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


Current Student Profiles

Travis McQuiston

Phone: 792-8764

email address: mcquistt@musc.edu

Resarch Interests:

Recent Publications:

  • Stornetta, R.L., Rosin, D.L., Simmons, J.R., McQuiston, T.J., Vujovic, N., Weston, M.C. and Guyenet, P.G.  Coexpression of vesicular glutamate transporter-3 and gamma-amminobutyric acidergic markers in rat rostral medullary raphe and intermediolateral cell column.  Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2005, Nov 28; 492 (4): 477-94.

  • Stornetta, R.L., McQuiston, T.J. and Guyenet P.G.  GABAergic and glycinergic presympathetic neurons of rat medulla oblongata identified by retrograde
    transport of pseudorabies virus and in situ hybridization.  Journal of Comparative Neurology.  2004, Nov 15; 479 (3): 257-70.

  • Wang, H., Weston, M.C., McQuiston, T.J., Stornetta, R.L. and Guyenet, P.G.  Neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing cells regulate depressor region of
    rat ventrolateral medulla.  American Journal of Physiology: Heart Circulation Physiology.  2003, Dec; 285 (6): H2757-69

  • McQuiston T, Haller C., and Del Poeta, M. 2005.  Sphingolipids as targets for microbial infections. MRMC. 2006, Jun 6; (6):671-80. Review.
  • Guyenet, P.G., Stornetta, R.L., Weston, M.C., McQuiston T., and Simmons, J.R.  Detection of amino acid and peptide transmitters in physiologically identified brainstem cardiorespiratory neurons. Autonomic Neuroscience. 2004, Jul 30; 114(1-2): 1-10. Review.

Accomplishments:

  • Molecular Mycology course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, August 2006.
  • Mentor, undergraduate research student, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Summer 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007

 

Honors/Awards:

  • NIH Travel Scholarship Award