Neurosciences

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Immunology
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
We study the antigen specificity and function of CD8 T cells in the context of neurodegeneration and cancer

Key words
T cells, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, antigen specificity, cancer

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Neurosciences

Research summary
mechanisms and treatments of chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache

Key words
ion channel, neuroimmune interaction, chronic migraine, post-traumatic headache, chronic pain and comorbidity, synaptic transmission, neuronal excitability

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Neurosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

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Sensory and Evolutionary Neuroscience

Key words
neural circuits, neurophysiology, sensory systems, behavior, evolution, mathematical modeling

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Neurosciences

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Network plasticity as it pertains to neurorehabilitation, particularly in recovery from stroke

Key words
stroke, resting state connectivity, brain

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Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

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Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism, diabetes

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Cellular, Molecular and Epigenetic control of axon regeneration

Key words
axon regeneration, nerve injury, epigenetic, transcription, glia biology, neuroimmune mechanisms, spinal cord injury, optic nerve injury

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Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Exploring neuromorphic architectures using silicon and biological neurons; Novel self-powered neural recording systems

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Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Mechanisms and Design Principles of Ion Channel Function and Gating

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Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
My research focuses on investigating system biological immune responses in neurodegenerative disease. Using various PET radiotracers, the lab works to detect brain and whole-body inflammation and links these imaging biomarkers to underlying blood and tissue cellular and molecular readouts using appropriate techniques.

Key words
Molecular imaging, neuroimmune interactions, translational research, myeloid cell responses, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases