Neurosciences

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying tauopathies

Key words
neurodegeneration, neurogenetics, Alzheimer`s disease, frontotemporal dementia, tau, amyloid precursor protein, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), cell and molecular biology, molecular mechanisms

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
In the Kautt Lab, we combine a genomics-centered approach with molecular experiments, behavioral assays, and fieldwork to elucidate both the evolutionary and molecular mechanisms underlying organismal adaptation and diversification, with a focus on animal behavior.

Key words
Evolution, Genomics, Behavior, Adaptation, Speciation

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Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Neurobiology of cognition, decision-making and applications to biological psychiatry. Brain-body interactions

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Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration

Key words
physiology, imaging, behavior, genetic and viral engineering, human neuroscience, vision, repair, mathematical modeling

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors

Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.

Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear

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Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
We study complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease

Key words
Neuroimmunology; neuroscience; immunology; lymphatics; behavior; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegeneration; glia; microglia; blood-brain barrier (BBB); meninges

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Synaptic function and plasticity, neural computations, neurodevelopmental diseases

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Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson`s disease and related disorders

Key words
lipid metabolism, mouse models, neurodegeneration, pathogenesis, phospholipase A2, Parkinson disease

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
The study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders

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