John Szot
Credentials: B.S.
Position title: Laboratory Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
John brings a wide variety of experiences to the role of lab manager. After earning a B. S. in Chemical Engineering, John held positions as a product development engineer for a lighting manufacturer, a process engineer for a sewage-to-drinking-water facility, and a field engineer for an industrial control system manufacturer/installer. He then returned to graduate school, studying Biochemistry at the University of Nebraska, but left the program to take a position as Director of the DNA Microarray Facility at Penn State University’s Biotechnology Institute. John’s engineering background leads him to a keen interest in streamlining, optimizing, and/or automating processes of all kinds, including data collection, handling, and organization. He also likes to fix things that appear too old and broken to work anymore.
John's Publications
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Read moreConverse, A., M. Krasko, D. M. Rudisch, C. Lenell Lunaris, A. Nisbet, M. Slesarev, J. Szot, A. Hoerst, G. Leverson, C. Gallagher, and M. R. Ciucci. “Positron Emission Tomography Neuroimaging of (¹⁸F)fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake and Related Behavior in the Pink1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson Disease”. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol. 18, Frontiers Media, 2024.
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Read moreKrasko, M., J. Szot, K. Lungova, L. M. Rowe, G. Leverson, C. A. Kelm-Nelson, and M. R. Ciucci. “Pink1-/- Rats Demonstrate Swallowing and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in a Model of Prodromal Parkinson Disease”. Dysphagia, Vol. 38, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 1382-97.
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Read moreBroadfoot, C. K., J. D. Hoffmeister, S. A. Lechner, M. Krasko, E. Lambert, J. A. Russell, J. Szot, T. J. Glass, N. P. Connor, C. A. Kelm-Nelson, and M. R. Ciucci. “Tongue and Laryngeal Exercises Improve Tongue Strength and Vocal Function Outcomes in a Pink1-/- Rat Model of Early Parkinson disease”. Behavioural Brain Research, Vol. 460, Elsevier, 2023, p. 114754.
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Read moreGlass, T. J., C. A. Kelm-Nelson, J. Szot, J. M. Lake, N. P. Connor, and M. R. Ciucci. “Functional Characterization of Extrinsic Tongue Muscles in the Pink1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson disease”. PLoS One, Vol. 15, no. 10, PLoS, 2020.
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Read moreGlass, T. J., C. A. Kelm-Nelson, J. A. Russell, J. Szot, J. M. Lake, N. P. Connor, and M. R. Ciucci. “Laryngeal Muscle Biology in the Pink1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson disease”. Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 126, no. 5, American Physiological Society, 2019, pp. 1326-34.