Neurosciences

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular Mechanisms of Nervous System Longevity and Rejuvenation

Key words
epigenetics, nervous system, DNA repair, aging, rejuvenation

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
My lab studies the molecular mechanisms of migraine chronicity, with an emphasis on opioid receptors

Key words
Opioids, pain, migraine, mouse models, neuroplasticity, addiction

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Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
The neuroscience of ASD, social cognition and comparative cognition

Key words
fcMRI, fMRI, infant, autism, face perception, visual attention, psychophysics, social cognition, comparative cognition

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Neurosciences

Research summary
Functional brain imaging with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance

Key words
imaging, behavior, cognition, fMRI, PET

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Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Channels: diabetes, obesity and brain disorders

Key words
Diabetes, disease, channels, brain, neurons, hormones, growth, death, obesity, physiology

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Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding the neuroimmune basis of infectious and non-infectious diseases

Key words
Pain and sensory disorders; Infectious diseases; Neuroimmunology; Host-microbe interactions

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Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
The Brain Development and Disorders Laboratory investigates how long-range neural circuits are established in the brain, and how neural circuit plasticity affects the function of the cerebral cortex.

Key words
cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurogenetics, cerebral cortex, corpus callosum, glial development, neuronal development, brain wiring, agenesis

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences

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To understand how and why membrane proteins fold, form stable complexes, and achieve conformational stability inside of the oil-filled cell membrane.

Key words
membrane protein; single-molecule; TIRF microscopy; protein folding; thermodynamics; lipids; oligomerization

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Neurosciences

Research summary
Investigating the relationship between neonatal brain development, early life adversity and childhood psychiatric disorders in high risk infant populations

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Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
My research aims to understand of how brain networks develop and adapt to changes caused by epilepsy, tumors, stroke, and or other neurological injuries. In particular I am interested in how children's brains reorganize after neurosurgical treatment of these conditions.

Key words
intracranial electroencephalography, ieeg, resting state functional MRI, rs-fMRI, brain networks, development, epilepsy, neurosurgery