Ashley Connors
- Email: aconnor@ncsu.edu
Hi, I’m Ashley Connors, and I’m a second year PhD student in the Toxicology Program at NC State! I’ll be working with Dr. Jeff Yoder (Project 2) to study the impacts of legacy and novel PFAS on the innate immune system using zebrafish and human cell lines. In my free time, I’m usually spending time with my husband and friends, along with spoiling our cats, Kiki and Totoro
Publications
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances alter innate immune function: evidence and data gaps
- Phelps, D. W., Connors, A. M., Ferrero, G., DeWitt, J. C., & Yoder, J. A. (2024), Journal of Immunotoxicology, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/1547691X.2024.2343362
- Arcuate and Preoptic Kisspeptin Neurons Exhibit Differential Projections to Hypothalamic Nuclei and Exert Opposite Postsynaptic Effects on Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Dorsomedial Nuclei in the Female Mouse
- Stincic, T. L., Qiu, J., Connors, A. M., Kelly, M. J., & Rønnekleiv, O. K. (2021), Eneuro, 8(4), ENEURO.0093–0021.2021. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0093-21.2021
- CRISPR knockdown of Kcnq3 attenuates the M-current and increases excitability of NPY/AgRP neurons to alter energy balance
- Stincic, T. L., Bosch, M. A., Hunker, A. C., Juarez, B., Connors, A. M., Zweifel, L. S., … Kelly, M. J. (2021), Molecular Metabolism, 49, 101218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101218
- Deletion ofStim1in Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Kiss1 Neurons Potentiates Synchronous GCaMP Activity and Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity
- Qiu, J., Stincic, T. L., Bosch, M. A., Connors, A. M., Kaech Petrie, S., Rønnekleiv, O. K., & Kelly, M. J. (2021), The Journal of Neuroscience, 41(47), 9688–9701. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0622-21.2021
- Peer-Review: The Tragedy of the Scientific Commons
- Connors, A. (2021), Retrieved from GG Scholars Blog website: https://ggscholars.org/peer-review-the-tragedy-of-the-scientific-commons/
- CRISPR Knockdown of Kcnq3 Attenuates the M-current in NPY/AgRP Neurons
- Stincic, T. L., Bosch, M. A., Hunker, A. C., Juarez, B., Connors, A. M., Zweifel, L. S., … Kelly, M. J. (2020, May 29), [], Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.28.122341
- Insulin potentiates the synchronous firing of arcuate nucleus Kiss1 neurons that protects against diet-induced obesity
- Qiu, J., Stincic, T. L., Bosch, M. A., Connors, A. M., Petrie, S. K., Rønnekleiv, O. K., & Kelly, M. J. (2020, September 11), [], Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.09.289017
- Encouraging Conservation in Communal Living Environments
- Nakagawa, A., Wagner, N., Connors, A., Mulder, M., Luth, M., & Lorax, N. (2014). , . Retrieved from Pacific Lutheran University Press website: https://www.plu.edu/sustainability/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2015/03/plu-encouraging-conservation-in-communal-environments-research-report-1.pdf
