Cappendijk Laboratory Susanne Cappendijk, Ph.D. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Florida State University College of Medicine 1115 West Call Street Lab: (850) 645-2928 Office: (850) 645-1483 Dr. Cappendijk's Faculty Profile
Research Interests
The focus of the research in the laboratory is to study the effects of pharmacological as well as nutritional manipulations on brain development and behavior in the zebra finch, using a diversity of behavioral and molecular/biochemical techniques. The main objective of the research is to get a better understanding of neural mechanisms involved in the process of aging and neurotransmitter related neurodegenerative disorders. The zebra finch – our animal model: A family of zebra finches in the aviary
Some of the Techniques used in Dr. Cappendijk’s laboratory
Molecular: (2-D) Electrophoresis Immunocytochemistry (ICC) (RT-)PCR Radioimmunoassay Receptor Cloning Western Blot Behavioral: Locomotor Activity Song Production Recording (Avisoft Software)
Current Laboratory Members - Spring 2008
Amor Avhad: Software Support Daniel Pirvan: Laboratory Assistant Priscilla Givens: DIS Undergraduate Ryan O’Boyle: DIS Undergraduate David Page: DIS Undergraduate Geoffery Miller: Software Support Monica Rodriguez: WIMSE student Cynthia Smith: WIMSE student Nicole Carrier: Graduate Student (BMS) Parastou Foroutan: Graduate Student (NHMFL)
More about Dr. Cappendijk
Faculty Advisor: Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society, Sigma Tau Chapter, FSU, 2005-present Faculty Advisor: American Medical Student Association (AMSA), 2006-present Selected References Nieves W, Johnson E, Patzwald JR, and Cappendijk SLT, The effects of 2-deoxyglucose in the male zebra finch, Accepted for publication BIOS, Jan. 2008   Miller GM, Cappendijk SLT and van Engelen R. Strategies in Song Stereotyping for the zebra finch. IEEE-BIOT Conference Proceedings, 2007.   Cappendijk SLT, Johnson F, Inhibitors of carbohydrate metabolism reduce undirected song production at doses that do not alter food intake in singly housed male zebra finches, Behav. Brain Res., 159: 51-54, 2005   deCarvalho A, Cappendijk SLT, Fadool JM, Developmental expression of the POU domain transcription factor Brn-3b (Pou4f2) in the lateral line and visual system of zebrafish, Dev. Dyn., 229: 869-867, 2004   Fekkes D, Bernard B, Cappendijk SLT, Norharman and alcohol dependency in male Wistar rats., Eur. Neuropsychopharmacology, 14: 361-366, 2004   Cappendijk SLT, Fekkes D, van Dalen A, and Pepplinkhuizen L. The acute effects of norharman on cocaine self-administration and sensorimotor function in male Wistar rats, Eur. Neuropsychopharmacology. 11: 233-239, 2001   Davidson AJ, Cappendijk SLT, and Stephan FK. Feeding-entrained circadian rhythms are attenuated by lesions of the parabrachial region in rats, Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Comp. Physiol. 278: R1296-R1304, 2000   Cappendijk SLT, Hurd YL, Nylander IM, Van Ree JM and Terenius L, A Heroin but not a cocaine expecting self-administration state preferentially alters brain endogenous peptides. Eur. J. of Pharmacol. 365: 175-182, 1999   Last update: March 4, 2008