Gage is a current MSTP trainee who graduated from Marquette University in 2018 with a BS in Biomedical Sciences. 

Thesis

• Tonic GABAergic inhibition in early brain development and its role in treating neonatal seizures. Successfully defended on November 14, 2025.

Publications in Glykys Lab: 

• Liddiard GT, Buchanan GF, Schultz ML, Glykys J. Recurrent neonatal seizures increase tonic inhibition and respond to enhancers of δ-containing GABAA receptors. JCI Insight. 2025 Sep 16;10(21):e196152. https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/196152
• Liddiard GT, Suryahvanshi PS, Glykys J. Enhancing GABAergic tonic inhibition reduces seizure-like activity in the neonatal mouse hippocampus and neocortex. Journal of Neuroscience 4 January 2024, e1342232023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1342-23.2023

Awards:

• First place in the Pappajohn Biomedical Institute Best Paper Competition for Graduate Students (2023).
• Graduate College Summer Fellowship (2023).
• Best poster in the medical student category at the Pediatric Research Day. University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics (2023).
• Publication Award from the Neuroscience Graduate Program at The University of Iowa (2023).
• Dare to Discover Campaign (2025).
• Graduate College Ballard & Seashore Fellowship for Fall 2025.
• Department of Neurology Trainee Poster Session. University of Iowa Neurogenetics Symposium
  Basic Science Poster Award (2025).