Cristina Marie Rivera Quiles

Neuroscience PhD Candidate


Curriculum vitae



Publications


Graduate research


Identification of a novel population of neuromedin S expressing neurons in the ventral tegmental area that promote morphine-elicited behavior


C Rivera Quiles, SC Simmons, O Dodson, M Alday, N Camacho Fontánez, S Caico, A Garrison, F Shafieichaharberoud, X Huang, Q Hu, EA Heller, MS Mazei-Robison

Journal of Neuroscience, 2025


Enhancing Protective Antibodies against Opioids through Antigen Display on Virus-like ParticlesUntitled


Fatemeh Shafieichaharberoud, Shuyao Lang, Connor Whalen, Cristina Rivera Quiles, Lillie Purcell, Cameron Talbot, Pengfei Wang, Elizabeth B. Norton, Michelle Mazei-Robison, Agnieszka Sulima et al.

Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2023


Undergraduate research


Expanding the genetics and phenotypes of ocular congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders


Julie A Jurgens, Brenda J Barry, Wai-Man Chan, Sarah MacKinnon, Mary C Whitman, Paola M Matos Ruiz, Brandon M Pratt, Eleina M England, Lynn Pais, Gabrielle Lemire, Emily Groopman, Carmen Glaze, Kathryn A Russell, Moriel Singer-Berk, Silvio Alessandro Di Gioia, Arthur S Lee, Caroline Andrews, Sherin Shaaban, Megan M Wirth, Sarah Bekele, Melissa Toffoloni, Victoria R Bradford, Emma E Foster, Lindsay Berube, Cristina Rivera-Quiles, Fiona M Mensching, Alba Sanchis-Juan, Jack M Fu, Isaac Wong, Xuefang Zhao, Michael W Wilson, Ben Weisburd, Monkol Lek, Ocular CCDD Phenotyping Consortium; Harrison Brand, Michael E Talkowski, Daniel G MacArthur, Anne O'Donnell-Luria, Caroline D Robson, David G Hunter, Elizabeth C Engle

Genetics in Medicine, 2024


Gene identification for ocular congenital cranial motor neuron disorders using human sequencing, zebrafish screening, and protein binding microarrays


Julie A Jurgens, Paola M Matos Ruiz, Jessica King, Emma E Foster, Lindsay Berube, Wai-Man Chan, Brenda J Barry, Raehoon Jeong, Elisabeth Rothman, Mary C Whitman, Sarah MacKinnon, Cristina Rivera-Quiles, Brandon M Pratt, Teresa Easterbrooks, Fiona M Mensching, Silvio Alessandro Di Gioia, Lynn Pais, Eleina M England, Teresa de Berardinis, Adriano Magli, Feray Koc, Kazuhide Asakawa, Koichi Kawakami, Anne O’Donnell-Luria, David G Hunter, Caroline D Robson, Martha L Bulyk, Elizabeth C Engle

bioRxiv, 2024


Time to drink: Activating lateral hypothalamic area neurotensin neurons promotes intake of fluid over food in a time-dependent manner


G. Kurt, Nandan Kodur, C. Quiles, Chelsea Reynolds, A. Eagle, Thomas A Mayer, Juliette A. Brown, A. Makela, Raluca Bugescu, Harim Delgado Seo, Quinn E Carroll, D. Daniels, AJ Robison, M. Mazei-Robison, G. Leinninger

Physiology & Behavior, 2022


Mapping the populations of neurotensin neurons in the male mouse brain


Laura E. Schroeder, Ryan Furdock, C. Quiles, G. Kurt, Patricia A. Perez-Bonilla, A. García, Crystal Colon-Ortiz, Juliette A. Brown, Raluca Bugescu, G. Leinninger

Neuropeptides, 2019


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