Madison Gray
Graduate Student
Farhy Lab
Email: mgray@bio.tamu.edu
Education
- B.S. Biomedical Sciences w/Minor in Public Health, summa cum laude, Texas A&M University, 2021
- Ph.D. Biology, Texas A&M University, in progress
- Cell-cell communication
- Cell signaling
- Developmental neuroscience
- Glia
- Synapse formation
Publications:
Imrie, G*, Gray, MB*, Raghuraman, V, Farhy-Tselnicker, I. (2024). Gene Expression at the Tripartite Synapse: Bridging the Gap Between Neurons and Astrocytes. In: Blanco-Suarez, E, Farhy-Tselnicker, I (eds.) Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions in Health and Disease. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64839-7_5 *authors equally contributed to this work.
Presentations:
TAMU Student/Postdoc Research Conference, Texas A&M University – Spring 2025, Poster: “The role of GSK3b in astrocyte-mediated active and silent synapse formation.” Madison B. Gray, Georgia Lee Albrecht, Gillian Imrie, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker. Third place pre-prelim graduate poster presentation
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Glia in Health and Disease meeting, NY – Fall 2024, Poster: “Comparative analysis of neuronal and astrocytic synaptic transcriptomes.” Madison B. Gray, Gillian Imrie, Vishnuvasan Raghuraman, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker.
TAMU Student/Postdoc Research Conference, Texas A&M University – Spring 2024, Poster: “Comparative analysis of neuronal and astrocyte synaptic transcriptomes.” Madison B. Gray, Gillian Imrie, Vishnuvasan Raghuraman, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker.
TAMU Biology Mini-Symposium, Texas A&M University – Fall 2023, Poster: “The role of GSK3b in astrocyte-mediated synaptogenesis” Madison B. Gray, Georgia Lee Albrecht, Alex Partida, Gillian Imrie, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker.
TAMU Society for Neuroscience Spring Symposium, Texas A&M University – Spring 2023, Poster: “Regulation of astrocyte-mediated synapse formation by GSK3b” Madison B. Gray, Georgia Lee Albrecht, Alex Partida, Gillian Imrie, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker.
TAMU Student Research Week, Texas A&M University – Spring 2023, Talk: “GSK3b as a molecular switch in astrocyte-mediated synaptogenesis” Madison B. Gray, Georgia Lee Albrecht, Alex Partida, Gillian Imrie, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker.
TAMU Student/Postdoc Research Conference, Texas A&M University – Spring 2023, Poster: “Regulation of astrocyte-mediated synapse formation by GSK3b” Madison B. Gray, Georgia Lee Albrecht, Alex Partida, Gillian Imrie, Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker. DataBlitz Talk Winner