Neuro and Behavioral Genetics

Psychiatry
The role of epigenetics in human health and disease processes, particularly in relation to the origins of mental illness.

Biomolecular Chemistry
Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and membrane transport during development

Medical Genetics and Neurology
DNA methylation-dependent epigenetic regulation of brain functions

Integrative Biology and Neuroscience
Pattern formation, neural development, zebrafish developmental genetics

Integrative Biology
Understanding mechanisms controlling development of the nervous system

Medical Genetics
Identifying genes involved in aging, cell proliferation and neovascularization using mouse genetics

Genetics
Genetics of root growth behavior using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system.

Genetics
Understanding the genes and molecular mechanisms that regulate synapse formation and plasticity

School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
Genetic dissection of blood-brain barrier development

Human Oncology
Genetic control of DNA replication and repair in mammals. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Medical Genetics
Mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration

Biochemistry
How neuronal structure and function is shaped by the microtubule cytoskeleton and polarized transport

Genetics and Neurology
cAMP/PKA/dCREB2 signaling in sleep, memory formation, neurodegenerative diseases, developmental disabilities

Faculty studying neuro and behavioral genetics