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March 2021
Virtual Seminar – Donna Werling, PhD – “Developmental, Genetic, and Sex Effects on Human Brain Biology via Transcriptomic Analyses”
Werling completed a B.S. in Psychology from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA. In the laboratory of Dan Geschwind at UCLA, Werling used functional genomics, human genetics and bioinformatics approaches to investigate the relationship between...
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Jonathan Delafield-Butt, PhD – “A Brainstem Motor Disruption in Autism, and its Serious Game Assessment”
Jonathan Delafield-Butt is professor of child development and director of the cross-disciplinary Laboratory for Innovation in Autism at the University of Strathclyde. His work examines the origins of conscious experience and the embodied and emotional foundations...
Find out more »April 2021
Virtual Seminar – Kristin Baldwin, PhD – “How Does Neuronal Diversification Vary Across Species – Interspecies Brain Chimera and Reprogramming Approaches”
Our lab is interested in understanding how genetic and epigenetic changes generate cellular diversity, with a particular focus on neurons of the olfactory system and central nervous system. We employ stem cell technologies such as cloning and...
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Wei Gao, PhD – “Neuroimaging Study of Early Brain Development-Typical Growth Trajectories and Risk Factors”
Dr. Wei Gao was trained at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gao was on the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill before he came to Cedars-Sinai. His research is in the area of early brain development and adult brain functioning using...
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Jessica Wisnowski, PhD – “The Role of MRI Biomarkers in Advancing Neuroprotection: Translating Basic Science into Clinical Practice”
Dr. Jessica Lee Wisnowski is an assistant professor of research with expertise in perinatal brain injury. She obtained a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa and completed a residency in neuropsychology/rehabilitation at...
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Dan Doherty, MD, PhD – “The Joubert Syndrome Hindbrain Malformation: 40 Genes, 1 Cilium, 1 Mechanism?”
Dr. Doherty's research interests focus on hindbrain malformations as a way to understand human brain development and common disorders such as intellectual disability, autism, ataxic cerebral palsy and even mental health disorders such as schizophrenia. The hindbrain regulates basic functions (level of consciousness, heart rate, respiratory rate), coordinates balance, limb and eye movements, as well as having possible roles in cognition and emotional regulation.
Find out more »October 2021
Seminar – Jamie Edgin, PhD – Memory Intervention and Sleep in Intellectual Disability: Implications for Policy and Practice
Jamie Edgin is a Psychologist specializing in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience. Her area of expertise is memory development and sleep in typical and atypical development. Edgin is an associate professor in the Cognition and Neural Systems Program in the Department of Psychology, with departmental and GIDP affiliations in Family Studies and Human Development, the Frances McClelland Institute, the School of Education, the Sonoran University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability, and the Cognitive Science Graduate and Interdisciplinary Program. Edgin is a first generation college student.
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Michael Cahill, PhD – “Identifying Environmental and Biochemical Contributors to the Etiology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders”
Over the past 15 years, my research has focused on delineating the molecular and biochemical mechanisms that regulate dendritic spine plasticity, and in particular, understanding how alterations in synaptic plasticity contribute to specific behavioral phenotypes relevant to the study of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Find out more »Seminar – Robert Lipinski, PhD – “New Approaches for Solving the Gene-Environment Puzzle and Preventing Human Birth Defects”
The focus of our research is to understand how genetic and environmental factors interact to cause birth defects of the face and brain. We are particularly interested in craniofacial malformations like cleft lip and palate and holoprosencephaly because of their prevalence and serious consequences for affected individuals and their families.
Find out more »Seminar – Shu-Bing Qian, PhD – “Detecting Translational Noise by Super Resolution Ribosome Profiling”
Most of the research work in Qian's laboratory is broadly interdisciplinary, with a primary emphasis on protein synthesis, nutrient signaling pathway, and stress response. Using biochemical, genetic, and cell biological approach, the Qian laboratory investigates translational control of gene expression, molecular mechanisms of adaptive stress response, dynamic mRNA modifications, and the implications in human health and diseases. Specific disease aspects include but are not limited to, diabetes, cancer, aging and neurodegenerative disorders.
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