Alex | Agyemang | Research Fellow | Ballabh, Praveen | Preterm intraventricular hemorrhage and brain development |
Ayodele | Akinyemi | Research Fellow | Charron, Maureen | Developmental exposures and epigenetic programming immune cells |
Jesse | Barnes | Grad | Lachman, Herbert | Lowes Syndrome |
Shlomit | Beker | Associate | Molholm, Sophie | Using EEG and behavior, studying how people with autism synchronize with the external world. |
Coralie | Berthoux | Research Fellow | Castillo, Pablo | Role of hilar mossy cells of the hippocampus in Fragile X Syndrome |
Ashley | Bispo | Grad | Spray, David C. | pain strocytes, and satellite glia |
Abigail | Carbonell | MSTP | Jordan, Bryen | A novel role for ANKS1B in neurodevelopmental disorders |
Noelie | Cayla | Grad Student | Khodakhah, Kamran | Cerebellar projections to hypothalamus, and their role in social behaviors |
Florencia | Chena-Becerra | Research Fellow | Galanopoulou, Aristea | Translational platform to screen treatments that prevent post-traumatic epilepsy / New model of traumatic brain injury |
DeBono | Christopher | Research Fellow | Morrow, Bernice | Role of Tbx1 in neural crest cell development |
Antonio | Cibelli | Research Fellow | Spray, David C. | astrocytes, Cx43 and Panx (including COL4A1 mutation studies funded by the IDDRC) |
Kelly | Clemenza | Grad Student | Sjulson, Lucas | Developing novel gene therapies |
Dylann | Cordova Martinez | Grad | Jordan, Bryen | AIDA-1 |
Charles | Crouse | Grad Student | Nicola, Saleem M. | the Neuroscience of Learning and Decision-Making |
Aida | Davila | Grad Student | Kohn, Adam | Hierarchical effects of Adaptation to Naturalistic Textures |
Eliezyer Fermino | De Oliveira | Grad Student | Sjulson, Lucas | Hippocampus-accumbens interactions in reward guided behavior |
Migena | Dervishi | Research Fellow | Hollander, Eric | GABA PAM in ASD - study the effects of GABA allosteric modulator on social communication |
Claudia | DeSanctis | Research Fellow | Francesconi, Anna | Regulation of mTORC1 signaling by Disco Interacting Protein Homolog B (DIP2B |
Ilana | Deyneko | Grad Student | Jordan, Bryen & Molholm, Sophie | Rare AIDA-1 genetic IDD conditions |
Blake | Ebert | MSTP | Dawlaty, Meelad | Regulation of embryonic stem cell biology by DNA hydroxylation and how these mechanisms contribute to development |
Julio | Flores | MSTP | Dawlaty, Meelad | Enzymatic and non-enzymatic functions of Tet enzymes regulate stem cell identity and plasticity, and their implications in development and cancer. |
Ana | Francisco | Assistant Professor | Molholm, Sophie | Characterizing brain and cognitive function in specific rare diseases (22q11.2 deletion syndrome and cystinosis) utilizing EEG and clinical and cognitive assessment tools |
Elisa | Frankel | Research Fellow | Kurshan, Peri | Intracellular mechanisms of synapse assembly |
Jenna | Freund | Grad Student | Buelow, Hannes | Dendritic Patterning |
Aleksandra | Fryc | Grad Student | Sjulson, Lucas | The role of hippocampal replay in memory reconsolidation |
Sayra | Garcia | Grad Student | Putterman, Chaim | Role of lipocalin-2 in glial activation neuropsychiatric lupus |
Sarah | Goebel | Grad | Verselis, Vytautas | Cholinergic Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Fragile-X Syndrome |
Zenobia | Gonsalves | Genetics Resident | Klugman, Susan | Reproductive and prenatal genetics |
Michelle | Gulfo | Grad Student | Castillo, Pablo | Role of D2 receptors in the dentate gyrus. |
Hayden | Hatch | MSTP | Secombe, Julie | Neurodevelopmental, transcriptional, and behavioral consequences of intellectual disability-associated KDM5 mutations |
Chris | Enrique | Postdoc | Kohn, Adam | Context-dependent processing in visual cortical populations |
Anna | Jasper | Associate | Kohn, Adam | Inter-areal communication during perceptual decision making. |
Anna Maria | Katsarou | Associate | Galanopoulou, Aristea | Translational platform to screen treatments that prevent post-traumatic epilepsy |
Harmony | Ketchum | Grad | Dawlaty, Meelad | How DNA methylation and demethylation dynamics are regulated by Tet enzymes during stem cell differentiation and embryogenesis |
Shivani | Kharod | Grad Student | Castillo, Pablo | Local protein synthesis in presynaptic plasticity |
Leila | Khatami | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | Interaction of the cerebellum and Substantia nigra reticulata (SNr), in motor and non-motor control |
Elliot | Kim | MSTP | Kohn, Adam | Inter-areal communication of locomotion in the visual system |
Lily | Kolb | Research Intern | Spray, David C. | mechanical transduction in astrocyte endfeet |
Michael | Krawchuk | MSTP | Kurshan, Peri | Align with the lab’s focus on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic development and regulation |
Aravind | Krishna | Grad Student | Kohn, Adam | Predictive coding and the role of feedback in sensory processing |
Garrett | Sotavento | MSTP | Buelow, Hannes | Synaptic regulation |
Xinglei | Liu | Research Fellow | Gennerich, Arne | Disease mutations in Dynein |
Ian | MacArthur | MSTP | Dawlaty, Meelad | Tet enzymes and DNA hydroxymethylation in neural stem cell biology and neurodevelopment. |
Samuel | Martinez | Research Fellow | Berman, Joan | Addressing the role of sTREM2 in HIV Neuropathogenesis |
Emilio | Merheb | Grad | Willis, Ian | Understanding the Pathogenesis of Pol III-related Leukodystrophy |
Erica | Moore | MSTP | Putterman, Chaim | The Role of T Cells in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
José | Moreno-Larios | Research Fellow | Sjulson, Lucas | Novel methods for high-speed imaging of prefrontal cortex |
Vera | Nezgovorova | Research Fellow | Hollander, Eric | CBDV vs Placebo in ASD and PWS - study the effects of a novel cannabinoid on irritability |
Maritza | Onate | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | Anatomy of cerebellar connections with the dopaminergic system |
Abhimanyu | Pavuluri | Grad Student | Kohn, Adam | Cortico-cortical communication and computation |
Czarina | Ramos | Grad Student | Castillo, Pablo | Npas4 and memory engrams in the CA3 area of the hippocampus |
Lu | Rao | Research Assistant Professor | Gennerich, Arne | Molecular mechanisms of IDD diseases caused by mutations in Kif1a |
Jacob | Ratliff | Grad Student | Batista-Brito | The role of long-range inhibitory neurons in cortical circuits |
Joshua | Reynolds | MSTP | Putterman, Chaim | The Role of Interleukin-6 and the choroid plexus in neuropsychiatric lupus |
Jackson | Rogow | MSTP | Kurshan, Peri | Joining summer 2022 - align with the lab’s focus on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic development and regulation |
Sebastian | Rojas Villa | Research Fellow | Buelow, Hannes | Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan signaling |
Ehsan | Sabri | Research Fellow | Batista-Brito | Neural circuitry of top-down modulation in mice sensory cortex. |
Christopher | Salazar | Grad Student | Buelow, Hannes | Dendritic Patterning |
Asma Beiraghi | Salek | Research Fellow | Castillo, Pablo | Early gene activation in neurons |
Manal | Salmi | Research Fellow | Batista-Brito | Function of inhibitory circuits in the developmental emergence of cortical visual processing |
Marcos | Schaan Profes | Research Fellow | Kurshan, Peri | Identifying neurexin’s intracellular binding partners in vivo |
Alice | Servonnet | Research Fellow | Nicola, Saleem M. | Dopamine receptor-expressing neurons of the nucleus accumbens and reward seeking. |
Deep | Sharma | Research Fellow | Ballabh, Praveen | Preterm intraventricular hemorrhage and brain development |
Aubrey | Siebels | Grad Student | Castillo, Pablo | Neuromodulation in the Lateral Habenula |
Heather | Snell | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | CACNA1A point mutations and their implication in cerebellar motor and non-motor disorders |
Eric | Sosa | MSTP | Greally, John & Castillo, Pablo | Genetics of Autism |
Luisa | Speranza | Associate | Francesconi, Anna | Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neuronal structural plasticity. |
Manuel | Suarez-Carvajal | Grad Student | Castillo, Pablo | Mechanisms of modulation of inhibition in the Dentate Gyrus |
Jada | Summerville | Grad Student | Kurshan, Peri | Identifying intracellular mechanisms of synapse spacing |
Yan | Sun | Research Fellow | Brenowitz, Michael | MeCP2 and Mass Spectrometry |
Tsz-ho | Tang | Research Fellow | Buelow, Hannes | Synaptic regulation |
Ying Hong | Tham | Research Fellow | Emmons, Scott | Neural cell adhesion proteins in synaptic specificity |
Seydanur | Tikir | Grad | Molholm, Sophie | The neurobiology of autism spectrum disorders using EEG, behavior, and computational methods |
Jaafar | Tindi | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | Cerebellum in episodic ataxia type2 and dystonia |
Araven | Tiroumalechetty | Grad Student | Kurshan, Peri | Identifying mechanisms of neurexin localization and function |
Duy | Tran | MSTP | Sjulson, Lucas & Batista-Brito, Renata | Developmental abnormalities of prefrontal cortex and its role in impulsivity |
Meera | Trivedi | MSTP | Buelow, Hannes | Dendritic Patterning |
Juan | Vasquez | Maryland | Jordan, Bryen | The role of AIDA-1 in the maturation of oligodendrocyte-lineage cells |
Jorge | Vera Buschmann | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | Role of the cerebellum in goal-directed behavior via dopamine modulation. |
Kami | Wakim | Postdoc | Molholm, Sophie | Autismo |
Claire | Ward | Grad Student | Batista-Brito | Developmental Dysfunction of Parvalbumin Interneurons in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
David | Whitehead | Genetics Resident | Klugman, Susan | Pediatric Genetics |
Alison | Xu | MSTP | Kohn, Adam | Concentration: Understanding the relationship between the pulvinar and visual cortex |
Matanel | Yheskel | MSTP | Secombe, Julie | Epigenetic and transcriptional consequences of intellectual disability-associated mutations in the histone lysine demethylase KDM5 |
Junichi | Yoshida | Research Fellow | Khodakhah, Kamran | Systems neuroscience of the cerebellar - basal-ganglia circuit for associative learning |
Yin | Zhao | Research Fellow | Hollander, Eric | Intranasal Oxytocin vs Placebo in PWS - study the effects of oxytocin on hyperphagia |
Yingjie | Zhao | Associate | Morrow, Bernice | The identification of genetic modifier of congenital heart defect among over 1500 22q11.2Deletion Syndrome patients based on whole genome sequencing data |
Maximiliano | Zuluaga-Forero | Grad Student | Kurshan, Peri | Understanding the effect of CACNA1A patient mutations on synaptic function |