Martha Liu
Doctoral Candidate (fast-track candidate at Freie Universität Berlin)
Academic Education |
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| Since 2025 | Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany |
| Since 2025 | Master of Science, Medical Neurosciences, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Germany |
| 2021 - 2025 | Bachelor of Arts, Honours Psychology and Major Philosophy, McGill University , Canada |
Research Experience |
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| 2025 | Research Volunteer, Dr. Chenglin Miao, The IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Peking University, China |
| 2022 - 2025 | Research Volunteer, Dr. Jean-Francois Poulin, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada |
| 2023 - 2025 | Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Sylvain Williams, Douglas Research Center, Canada |
| 2023 - 2025 | Summer Research Intern, Prof. Dr. Christine Vande Velde, Research Center – University of Montreal Center Hospital (CHUM), Canada |
| 2022 - 2025 | Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Robert Zatorre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada |
Publications
Bolduc, C.*, Oram, C., Donovan, S., Bach, H., Liu, M., Marier, R., Sharpe, M., Campeau, C., Spencer, C.D., Martin, S.A. Awatramani, R., Poulin, JF.* (2025). Calbindin Stratifies Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Governing Distinct Aspects of Locomotion. (under review in Neuron)
Liu, M.*, Arseneau-Bruneau, I., Farrés Franch, M., Latorre, M.-E., Samuels, J., Issa, E., Payumo, A., Rahman, N., Loureiro, N., Leung, T.C.M., Nave, K.M., von Handorf, K.M., Hoddinott, J.D., Coffey, E.B.J., Grahn, J., & Zatorre, R.J.* (2025). Auditory working memory mechanisms mediating the relationship between musicianship and auditory stream segregation. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1538511. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1538511
Poster
Carmichael, J. E., Liu, M., Manseau, F., Tuduri, P., & Williams, S. Viral delivery of abnormal tau into subiculum projecting entorhinal cells impairs temporal association memory in a mouse model of early Alzheimer's Disease. The Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Toronto, July 2025.
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