Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Biography PhD, University of Wisconsin Contact Information School of Pharmacy University of Wisconsin 777 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53705 608.262.2893 jeffrey.johnson@wisc.edu The Johnson Lab Research Statement Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, impacting roughly 6.7 million Americans currently and up to 13.8 million by 2060 without disease-modifying therapeutics. The greatest risk factor …
Biography PhD, Brigham Young University Associate Director, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute (WAI) Administrative Core: Co- Leader and Biomarker Core: Core Leader – Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Principal Investigator, The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) Principal Investigator, The ADRC Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Through Imaging (CLARiTI) Contact Information K6/438 Clinical Sciences Center 600 …
Biography MD, Jefferson Medical College Contact Information UW Psychiatric Institute And Clinics 6001 Research Park Blvd Madison, WI 53719 608.263.6079 nkalin@facstaff.wisc.edu Lab Website: Kalin Lab Research Statement Dr. Kalin’s research combines molecular, preclinical animal models, and human functional imaging studies to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of anxiety and affective disorders. His work focuses …
Biography PhD, University of California, Berkeley Contact Information UW-Madison K6/440 Clinical Sciences Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792-4675 608.263.4533 keles@stat.wisc.edu Keles Research Group Research Statement I am interested in statistical and computational genomics. Our research concerns developing and applying statistical methods for problems that arise in genome biology. Selected Publications Huang, K., Wu, Y., …
Biography PhD, University of Miami Contact Information 1111 Highland Avenue Room 5505 WIMR-II Madison, WI 53705 (608) 265-7836 darcie.moore@wisc.edu Moore Lab Website Research Statement There is limited regenerative capacity in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS). My lab studies this loss of regeneration in two different contexts: Adult neurogenesis, where neural stem cells (NSCs) …
Biography MD, PhD – University of Virginia-Charlottesville Contact Information University of Wisconsin (608) 263-0208 rapearce@wisc.edu Pearce Lab Research Statement Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding how anesthetics and other drugs that target GABA receptors control memory formation and consciousness. Using expressed recombinant receptors, hippocampal brain slice preparations, and multichannel in vivo recordings from …
Biography PhD, University of Chicago Contact Information 1111 Highland Avenue Room 5505 WIMR-II Madison, WI 53705 (608) 265-5782 ari.rosenberg@wisc.edu Rosenberg Lab Research Statement We study the neural computations underlying 3D vision, multisensory integration, and the neural basis of autism. 3D vision How do we perceive the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the world when our eyes …
Biography PhD, University of California-Berkeley Contact Information Wisconsin Institute for Discovery 330 North Orchard Street Room 4164 Madison, WI 53715 608.316.4313 ksaha@wisc.edu Saha Lab Research Statement Cellular reprogramming allows for the generation of a self-renewing and patient-specific cell source for drug discovery, cell therapies, and regenerative medicine through the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells …
Biography DVM, Veterinary Medicine, The Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery, Japan PhD, Veterinary Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan Contact Information 4124 Vet Med 2015 Linden Dr Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: 608.262.4264 masatoshi.suzuki@wisc.edu Suzuki Lab Research Statement Our long-term objective is to apply stem cell technology to expand integrative sciences in both basic and translational research. …
Biography PhD, University of California, Los Angeles Contact Information Laboratory of Genetics 5262 Genetics and Biotechnology Center Madison, WI 53706-1580 (608) 262-3113 dwerling@wisc.edu Werling Lab Research Statement Genetic variants contribute to risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, many of which show sex differences in their prevalence or presentation. This suggests a potential role for sex-differential biology in …
