Leslie Sombers
Professor, University Faculty Scholar
University Faculty Scholar
Pronouns: (She, Hers)
Cox Hall 411B
Education
B.S. The College of William & Mary 19XX
M.A. The College of William & Mary 19XX
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University 19XX
Area(s) of Expertise
The development, characterization and application of electroanalytical techniques to study real-time neurochemical fluctuations in systems ranging from single cells in culture to the brain of an awake, behaving animal. The ability to directly monitor these chemical messengers provides insight into the kinetics with which information is conveyed between neurons in response to environmental stimuli, the mechanisms that regulate these signals, and the behavioral implications of this neurochemistry.
Publications
- A Student Perspective on the 18th Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience Meeting in Lyon , ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE (2023)
- Exploiting Microelectrode Geometry for Comprehensive Detection of Individual Exocytosis Events at Single Cells , ACS SENSORS (2023)
- Exploring Electrochemistry: A Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor Based on a Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode Modified with Prussian Blue , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION (2023)
- Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience , ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE (2023)
- Simultaneous, Real-Time Detection of Glutamate and Dopamine in Rat Striatum Using Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry , ACS SENSORS (2023)
- Untapped Potential: Real-Time Measurements of Opioid Exocytosis at Single Cells , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2023)
- Neurotransmitter Readily Escapes Detection at the Opposing Microelectrode Surface in Typical Amperometric Measurements of Exocytosis at Single Cells , ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2022)
- Virtual Issue: Neurotoxicology , ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE (2022)
- Fast-Scan for In Vivo Measurements of Neurochemical Dynamics , The Brain Reward System (2021)
- Carbon-Fiber Nanoelectrodes for Real-Time Discrimination of Vesicle Cargo in the Native Cellular Environment , ACS Nano (2020)