Professional Bio
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 1994-2001
Doctoral thesis: Characterization of Forebrain-Specific Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Mice
Bachelor of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1989-1994
Professional Memberships
Front Range Neuroscience Group
American Society for Cell Biology
Society for Neuroscience
Research & Scholarship
Publications
Sanderson JL, Gorski JA, Gibson ES, Lam P, Freund RK, Chick WS, Dell’Acqua ML (2012)
AKAP150-Anchored Calcineurin Regulates Synaptic Plasticity by Limiting Synaptic Incorporation of
Ca2+-Permeable AMPA Receptors (in press JNeurosci)
Jessica A. Gorski
Vigers AJ, Amin DS, Talley-Farnham T, Gorski JA, Xu B, Jones KR. (2012) Sustained expression of
brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for maintenance of dendritic spines and normal behavior.
Neuroscience 212:1-18.
Dittmer PJ, Miranda JG, Gorski JA, Palmer AE. (2009) Genetically encoded sensors to elucidate
spatial distribution of cellular zinc J Biol Chem 284:16289-16297.
Presentations
Meeting Abstracts and Invited Presentations
Gorski JA, Pink MD, Sanderson JL, Gibson ES and Dell'Acqua, ML (2011) MAGUK-family synaptic
scaffold protein mobility is regulated by neuronal activity and AKAP-interaction. American Society for
Cell Biology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.
Woolfrey KM, and Gorski JA (2011) Visualizing rapid cellular dynamics in neurons using spinning
disk confocal microscopy. Advance Light Microscopy Core, UC Denver. Invited Speaker for
Seminar Series
Awards & Recognition
2008-2010 Butcher Seed Grant (co-authored with KR Jones and AE Palmer)
2003-2006 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
1995-1997 Colorado Institute for Research and Biotechnology Predoctoral Fellowship
1992-1993 Mary Shine Peterson Award for Undergraduate Research in Biochemistry