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Guoyan Zhao, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understand the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration through integrated genomic and network inference approaches.

Key words
computational biology, neurogenomics, transcription regulation, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson disease

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Chao Zhou, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications including cancer research and tissue engineering

Key words
Biophotonics, medical instrumentation, imaging sciences, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microscopy (OCM) and optogenetic pacing

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Gregory Zipfel, MD

Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Mechanisms and novel therapeutics for cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cerebral vasospasm

Key words
cerebral amyloid angiopathy, vascular dementia, Alzheimer`s disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, cerebral blood flow

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Charles Zorumski, MD

Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission

Key words
synapse biology, ion channel, glutamate, GABA