Laura is part of the Graduate Group in Pharmacology. She graduated from Union College in upstate New York with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2009. Laura is originally from Albany, NY. In 2011, Laura won a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Publications

Castellano, L.M., and J. Shorter. (2012). The surprising role of amyloid fibrils in HIV infection. Biology. In press.

Turner J.R., Castellano L.M., Blendy J.A. (2011). Parallel anxiolytic-like effects and upregulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors following chronic nicotine and varenicline. Nicotine Tob. Res.13(1):41-6. link pdf file

Turner J.R., Castellano L.M., Blendy J.A. (2010). Nicotinic partial agonists varenicline and sazetidine-A have differential effects on affective behavior. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 334(2):665-72. link pdf file