Carley Huffstetler

  • 3rd year Ph.D. student
  • Program: Genetics
  • Lab: Nascone-Yoder
  • Hometown: Grand Island, FL
  • Education: BS Biochemistry Florida State University
  • Email: cmhuffst@ncsu.edu
  • Publications:
    • Huffstetler CM, Cochran B, May CA, Maykut N, Silver CR, Cedeno C, Franck E, Cox A, Fadool DA. Single cannabidiol administration affects anxiety-, obsessive compulsive-, object memory-, and attention-like behaviors in mice in a sex and concentration dependent manner. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2023 Jan;222:173498. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2022.173498. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36455670.
    • Chelette BM, Loeven AM, Gatlin DN, Landi Conde DR, Huffstetler CM, Qi M, Fadool DA. Consumption of dietary fat causes loss of olfactory sensory neurons and associated circuitry that is not mitigated by voluntary exercise in mice. J Physiol. 2022 Mar;600(6):1473-1495. doi: 10.1113/JP282112. Epub 2021 Dec 7. PMID: 34807463; PMCID: PMC10102708.
  • Presentations:
    • Poster Presentation at the 19th International Xenopus Meeting 2023: “In vivo and in silico left-right asymmetries in extracellular matrix shape stomach curvature.”
    • Poster Presentation at the Annual Genetics Retreat 2023: “In vivo and in silico left-right asymmetries in extracellular matrix shape stomach curvature.”
    • Oral Presentation at NCSU’s Annual CVM Litwack Research Forum 2023: “In vivo and in silico left-right asymmetries in extracellular matrix shape stomach curvature.”
    • Poster presentation at the 2022 Duke University Cell and Molecular Biology Symposium: “Investigating left-right asymmetry in extracellular matrix glycoprotein distribution during Xenopus stomach development”
    • Oral Presentation at the 2022 QCDB Annual Retreat: “Left-right asymmetry in fibronectin distribution during Xenopus stomach development”
  • Notable Achievments:
    • 19th International Xenopus Conference 2023 Travel Award
    • 1st place award for trainee oral presentation – 3rd Annual QCDB Retreat 2022
    • 1st place award for 1st year flash talk – 46th Genetics Graduate Student Symposium 2022