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Caiti-Erin Talty, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Contact:

caitierin@vt.edu

Students, Scientists, and Beyond

The TNT Lab consists of a combination of research scientists, post-doctoral researchers, M.S. and Ph.D. students, and undergraduate research assistants.

Research Interests:

  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Glutamatergic signaling
  • Chronic mental health outcomes
  • Proteomics
  • Translational neuroscience

 

Education:

  • Ph.D. Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, 2024
  • B.S. Integrative Neuroscience, Binghamton University, 2020

 

Publications:

Talty C-E, Wypyski M, Murphy S, VandeVord P. Evaluating Chronic Sex-Specific Changes in Glutamatergic Signaling Markers Following Traumatic Brain Injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2026;27(6), 2670. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27062670.

Wilson K*, Talty, C-E*, Parker B, VandeVord, P. Integrative Constraint-Based Modeling and Proteomics Uncover Astrocytic Metabolic Adaptations to the Post-TBI Microenvironment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025;26(13), 6456. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/13/6456.

Talty C-E, Murphy S, VandeVord, P. Chronic dynamic behavioral changes and upregulation of glutamatergic signaling proteins following traumatic brain injury in females. Brain Research, 2025;1873, 150115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2025.150115.

Talty C-E, Murphy S, VandeVord P. Splash test in adult rats. protocols.io. 2025. dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.n2bvj9em5lk5/v1.

Norris C, Murphy S, Talty C-E, VandeVord P. Spatial intracranial pressure fields driven by blast overpressure in rats. Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 June;52(10), 2641-2654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-024-03544-7.

Talty C-E, Murphy S, VandeVord P. Mild traumatic brain injury gives rise to chronic depression-like behavior and associated alterations in glutamatergic protein expression. Neuroscience. 2024;560:198-210. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.09.039.

Talty C-E, Murphy S, VandeVord P. Closed-head controlled impact model in adult rats- VandeVord Lab. protocols.io. 2024. doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.dm6gp37z8vzp/v1.

Talty C-E*, Norris C*, VandeVord P. Defining experimental variability in actuator-driven closed head impact in rats. Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Oct;50(10):1187-1202. doi: 10.1007/s10439-022-03012-0.

Asterisk (*) indicates equal contribution.