July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027

Exploring the cellular design of human cortical inhibition

Derek Southwell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, Pathology, Neurology, and Cell Biology

July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2024

Molecular control of astrocyte cell number during development

Anne West, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurobiology

2017-2020

Noncoding regulation of gene transcription in human neurons

Jeremy Kay, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology

2015-2017

Role of RNA binding proteins in cortical development and neurodevelopmental pathology

Debby Silver, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Neurobiology, and Cell Biology

2013-2015

The epigenetic dysfunction of SHANK3 and the susceptibility of Alzheimer disease

Yong-hui Jiang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology

2011-2013

New molecular logic of Charcot-Marie Tooth disease/spinal muscular atrophy: Do CMT/SMA disease-causing human TRPV4 mutations compromise spinal cord motoneurons via upregulation of follistatin?”

Wolfgang Liedtke, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine/Neurology

2009-2011

Epigenetic Transcriptional Regulation of Neuronal Plasticity

Anne E. West, MD, PhD
Department of Neurobiology                                                      

2007-2009

Exploring Novel Pathways for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment

Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology and Neurobiology

2005-2007

Roles of Actin Regulatory Proteins in Synaptic Development and Plasticity

Guoping Feng, PhD
Department of Neurobiology

2003-2005

Proteomic Analysis of Synaptic Signaling Complexes in Animal Models of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Michael D. Ehlers, MD, PhD
Department of Neurobiology