Profiles in "Neuroscience" Expertise Area

  • Ian Vicino is a Ph.D. student in the neuroscience graduate program working in the lab of Dr. Ian Hogue.
  • My current work is creating a peripheral neuron synaptogenesis model in order to better examine the mechanisms of Herpes Simplex Virus exocytosis from synapses.
  • The Sattler laboratory focuses on studies of neurodegeneration in FTD, AD, LBD and ALS using human patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell-differentiated neurons and glia as a disease model.
  • Dr Lukas's work focuses on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are relevant to a number of neurological and other diseases, in addition to their roles in nicotine dependence and tobacco-related diseases.
  • The SMack Lab sit as nexus of the environment & the genome to identify how environments "get under the skin" to affect our aging bodies & brains