Erick Tatro, PhD
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Program:
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Graduated:
8/2008
Mentor:
Cristian Achim
Thesis:
Immunophilins FKBP52 and FKBP51 Modulate Glucocorticoid Receptor Distribution in Neurons and are Altered in HIV and Major Depressive Disorder
Previous Institutions Attended:
The Ohio State University, BS
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I am a post-doc at UCSD Department of Psychiatry, in the School of Medicine. I am currently studying micro RNA expression alterations in brain cells during HIV infection. I work with the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center and the Center for AIDS Research at UCSD.
Publications while a graduate student at Pitt:
E Tatro, I Everall, E Masliah, B Hult, G Lucero, G Chana, V Soontornniyomkij, C Achim. "Differential Expressionof Immunophilins FKBP51 and FKBP52 in theFrontal Cortexof HIV-Infected Patients with Major Depressive Disorder." J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2009 Jun;4(2):218-26.
Tatro ET, Everall IP, Kaul M, Achim CL. Modulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Nuclear Translocation in Neurons by Immunophilins FKBP51 and FKBP52: Implications for Major Depressive Disorder. Brain Res. 2009 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19545546
In what ways did your training at Pitt prepare you for your current position?
Pitt taught me effective communication of scientific ideas, data, processes to many types of audiences (broad and narrow) through both written and spoken word; taught by example and through (lots of) practice. Training at Pitt also also taught how to plane, execute, and interpret experiments meaningful to the question at hand. What did you find to be personally rewarding in the work you did while here at Pitt or in the work in which you are currently involved?
Those rare, "aha!" moments.
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