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Zu-Hang Sheng
Research TopicsMitochondria supply ATP essential for neuronal growth and function. Neurons face exceptional challenges to maintain energy supply in distal axons…
Weidong Wang
Research TopicsThe Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section (GICRS), led by Weidong Wang, focuses on three main projects: (1) a DNA/RNA dual-activity…
Timothy James Petros
Research TopicsProper brain function requires a balance between excitatory projection neurons and GABAergic inhibitory interneurons. Interneurons are an extreme…
Tonya White
Research TopicsEach individual is unique. Children or adolescents with the same psychiatric diagnosis can have varying degrees of core and co-morbid symptoms. E…
Victor Pike
Research TopicsDr. Pike’s Section is focused on developing novel radioactive probes (radiotracers) for the investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders with PET.…
Mihaela Serpe
Research TopicsThe purpose of our research is to understand the mechanisms of synapse development and homeostasis. Synapse development is a highly orchestrated …
Kylie J. Walters
Research TopicsThe Walters lab studies the structural and mechanistic basis of ubiquitin signaling events, proteasome function, and protein quality control. We …
Karen P. Usdin
Research TopicsShort tandem repeat (STR) tracts or microsatellites make up ~8% of the human genome. Small changes in the number of repeats in some of these STRs…
Katherine W. Roche
Research TopicsGlutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system, and in addition to its central role in fast excitator…