Neurosciences

Program affiliation
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

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Neurosciences

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

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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

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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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Neurosciences

Research summary
circadian system influence on the limbic system during Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and aging

Key words
Alzheimer's Disease, Circadian System, Hippocampal Physiology, Neurodegeneration

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neural development and its dysregulation to cause neurodevelopmental disorders

Key words
human pluripotent stem cell, autism, neuron, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral organoid, epigenetic regulation, transcriptional regulation, neurobiology, embryonic stem cell, neural stem cell, transcription, gene regulatory network, chromatin, embryo

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Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
My lab uses transcranial focused ultrasound to provide noninvasive therapies of disorders of brain function.

Key words
neuromodulation, neural engineering

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms underlying neuronal trauma and neurodegeneration during and following acute brain injury

Key words
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer disease, microsscopy, imaging, microdialysis, MRI, diffusion tensor imaging