Since 2012, we have been exploring how Bisphenol A exposure at low doses affects the embryonic development of the GnRH neuron system using transgenic medaka and zebrafish. Allied projects are also looking at how the GnRH antagonist affects social behavior, how stress affects the GnRH neuron system and some preliminary studies on snails. Below are links to various projects in the lab that have been presented at recent national conferences
 

• Dillion, N., Weiler, K., Ramakrishnan, S., Investigating spinal cord neurons expressing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in embryonic Danio rerio (2018, Northwest Developmental Biology, Friday Harbor, WA)

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• Weiler, K*., and Ramakrishnan, S., Bisphenol F causes disruption of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neural development in zebrafish via an estrogenic mechanism (2017, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.)

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• McHugh, G., Skinner, D., Hepker, M., Ramakrishnan, S., Effects of early cortisol exposure on the developing GnRH neuron system in zebrafish (2017, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.)​

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• Skinner, D.*, and Ramakrishnan, S., Effects of early cortisol exposure on the developing GnRH neuron system in zebrafish (2015, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL)

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• Inagaki, T., Smith, N.*, Sherva, K.* , Ramakrishnan, S., Transgenerational effects of Bisphenol A on embryogenesis, GnRH3 neural systems, and locomotor behavior in Japanese medaka, (2015, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL) 

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• Smith, N.L.*, Inagaki, T., Ramakrishnan, S.,Embryonic low dose BPA exposure in parents has transgenerational effects on GnRH neurons in the Japanese medaka (2015, Northwest Developmental Biology, SDB)

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• Stackhouse, S.*, Martens, H.^, and Ramakrishnan, S.,RFRP-3 affects GnRH3 neuronal development and larval social behavior In the teleost Oryzias latipes (2015, Endocrine Society)

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• Inagaki, T., Lee, E.K.*, and Ramakrishnan, S.,Impact of Bisphenol A on the developing GnRH3 neural system and locomotor behavior in Japanese Medaka (2014, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting)