Jake Spitsbergen obtained his BS from Michigan State University and his MS from Western Michigan University in Biological Sciences from Dr. Linn's lab.  He has recently returned to the Linn lab as a graduate student in the PhD program. Jake is using transgenic mice to examine synaptic connections in the brain that newly generated retinal ganglion axons make and is analyzing the functional changes in pattern visually evoked potentials from the occipital lobe. While pursuing his PhD degree, Jake also works at Eurofin in Kalamazoo MI where he utilizes his molecular biology expertise.