Emilya Ventriglia B.S., M.S.

Research Interests

In a Steinbeckian gesture, I moved from my hometown of Oklahoma City, OK to southern California in the pursuit of great opportunity. My passion for neuroscience was fully realized during my studies at the University of California, San Diego. In 2019 I graduated with a B.S. in Physiology & Neuroscience with a minor in music, continued by a M.Sc. in Biology in 2020. Beginning the Spring of my senior year, I began full-time research in the Banghart Lab at UCSD as a continuous BS/MS student, cutting my teeth on behavioral pharmacology and activity-dependent neuroplasticity. I worked primarily with mouse-models for persistent inflammatory pain and opioid-induced hyperalgesia in the vlPAG, the latter being the subject of my thesis. Beyond the bench I enjoy being outdoors, listening to music, and dabbling in different arts.