Erin N. Bobeck, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Utah State University

Email: erin.bobeck@usu.edu

Leela Afrose

Master's Student in Biology

Leela is a graduate student in the Bobeck Lab. She received her undergraduate degree in Dentistry from Chittagong Medical College, Bangladesh. Currently her work aims to decode and elucidate the role of neuropeptide receptor system BigLEN-GPR171 in pain, antinociception and opioid tolerance. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology.
 
Email: leela.afrose@aggiemail.usu.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Taylor Edwards

As a biology major, being involved in research will allow me to learn the language of the biology discipline and provide me with the opportunity to more deeply understand and appreciate biology. With this greater understanding and appreciation, I hope to continue on to dental school to ultimately become an orthodontist. ​

Levi Wilkes

Within academia I enjoy learning about the human body, and human behavior. I have participated in multiple research labs in the biology department. I currently am working in Dr. Bobeck's Lab, and I find opioid  adaptations, especially the different mechanisms of tolerance, very intriguing. I am also excited about exploring the GPR171 receptor, since so little about it is known. I am also involved with and help lead the USUSA Excellence in Neuroscience Club here at USU.   I am planning to pursue Medical school, going on to become either a Radiologist or Psychiatrist.