Evan Kyzar MD, PhD
MD/Phd Candidate
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois Chicago
Contact
Email:
ekyzar2 [at] uic.edu
About
Evan Kyzar graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience from Tulane University in 2012, where he conducted research on drugs of abuse in zebrafish and rodent models and received the Senior Scholar in Neuroscience award given for the most outstanding honor's thesis Evan is now pursuing his MD/PhD in the MSTP at UIC and working with Dr. Pandey to elucidate the effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on novel transcriptional and epigenetic pathways in the adult amygdala. Evan is funded by an NRSA F30 fellowship from NIAAA.
Seminars and Lectures
Seminar has a video recordiing - Seminar has a video recordiing.
| Date | Topic | Lecture/Seminar Series | Status |
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| 04/07/2020 | An epigenetic circuit regulates lasting changes in Fos expression after early-life alcohol exposure |
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Past Event |
| 10/09/2017 | Adolescent alcohol exposure-induced epigenetic regulation of Arc enhancer RNA (eRNA) in the adult amygdala and anxiety susceptibility |
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Past Event |
| 08/08/2016 | Decreased histone demethylases in the adult amygdala alter chromatin dynamics and anxiety-like behavior following adolescent alcohol |
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Past Event |
| 04/13/2015 | Histone Methylation Mechanisms during Adolescent Binge Ethanol Exposure |
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Past Event |
In the News
| Date Released | Title | Source |
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| 11/18/2019 | Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life | Neuroscience News |
| 11/18/2019 | Mechanism connects early binge drinking to adult behaviors | UIC Today |