Tamara B. Franklin

Tamara Franklin is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. She obtained her Ph.D. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Mouse Biology Unit at the European Molecular Biology Laboratories in Monterotondo. She was born in Montreal, Canada.

Education In 2003, Franklin received her Bachelor’s of Science in the Psychology and Neuroscience Program from Dalhousie University. She is a Board Member of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience and an Associate Editor of Journal for Neuroscience Research. She continued her education at this university and earned her Master’s of Science degree in the Department of Medical Neuroscience (formerly Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology). Later, in 2009, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Franklin completed her Ph.D. at Dalhousie University, she has served on the Faculty of Science Equity Committee and has chaired the departmental Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee.

Research Franklin has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Neuroscience. Her research focuses on how the brain generates appropriate social behaviors, and the neural mechanisms of social dysfunction related to diseases like Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer’s disease.

Awards and honors Franklin has received the following award:

2003 - Dr Carrie Best Scholarship

Selected publications

Franklin TB, Silva BA, Perova Z, Marrone L, Masferrer ME, Zhan Y, Kaplan A, Greetham L, Verrechia V, Halman A, Pagella S, Vyssotski AL, Illarionova A, Grinevich V, Branco T, Gross CT (January 9, 2017). "Prefrontal cortical control of a brainstem social behavior circuit". Nature Neuroscience. 20 (2), 260-270. Doi: 10.1038/nn.4470. Kosel F, Hamilton J, Harrison S, Godin V, Franklin TB (January 7, 2021). "Reduced social investigation and increased injurious behaviour in transgenic 5xFAD mice". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 99 (1), 209-222. doi:10.1002/jnr.24578. Kosel, F, Pelley, JMS, Franklin, TB (May 11, 2020). "Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 112: 634-647. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.012 Kosel F, Torres Munoz P, Yang JR, Wong AA, Franklin, TB (April 19, 2019). "Age-related changes in social behaviours in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease". Behavioural Brain Research. 362, 160-172. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.029. van Steenwyk G, Roszkowski M, Manuella F, Franklin TB, Mansuy IM (October 16, 2018). "Transgenerational inheritance of behavioral and metabolic effects of traumatic experiences in early postnatal life in mice: Evidence in the 4th generation". Environmental Epigenetics. 4 (2), dvy023. Doi: 10.1093/eep/dvy023. Spiteri Douglas, R., Hartley, M. R., Yang, J. R., & Franklin, T. B. (January 1, 2024). "Differential expression of Hdac2 in male and female mice of differing social status". Physiology & Behavior, 273, 114406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114406 Torres Muñoz P, Franklin TB (August 26, 2022). "The anxiogenic effects of adolescent psychological stress in male and female mice". Behavioural Brain Research. 432, 113963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113963