Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Biography PhD, Arizona State Contact Information Genetics Biotechnology Center Building 425 Henry Mall, Room 5302A Madison, WI 53706 wolter4@wisc.edu The Wolter Lab Research Statement My primary scientific interest is how genetic variation shapes brain development. By leveraging my training in genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, and neurodevelopment, my lab is studying how genetic variation – …
Biography PhD, University of Porto, Portugal Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room T509 Madison, WI 53706 andre.sousa@wisc.edu Sousa Lab Research Statement The development of the human brain is a long and complex process that is precisely choreographed through tightly regulated transcriptional programs. Proper regulation of these programs is necessary for developing the numerous …
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 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 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-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 PhD, University of Minnesota Contact Information University of Wisconsin School of Public HealthWIMR II Room 54331111 Highland AvenueMadison, WI 53705-2275 tmgomez@wisc.edu Gomez Lab Research Statement Research in the Gomez laboratory is directed toward understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate the assembly of the human nervous system during embryonic development. In particular, we are interested …
Biography PhD, University of California, San Diego Contact Information 1111 Highland Avenue Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research (9th floor) Madison, WI 53705 audhya@wisc.edu Lab Website: Audhya Lab Research Statement Our laboratory is committed to understanding fundamental mechanisms by which membrane proteins, lipids, and other macromolecules are transported throughout eukaryotic cells. To do so, we take …
Biography PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Contact Information Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard St. Room 4168 Madison, WI 53715 608.316.4312 rashton2@wisc.edu Lab Website: The Ashton Group Research Statement Our goal is to understand, model, and recapitulate in vitro the instructive signals utilized by human embryos to pattern tissue-specific differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, and apply …
Biography PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Director, Waisman Center Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room T201 Madison, WI 53705 608-262-9416 qchang@waisman.wisc.edu Lab Website: Chang Lab, Stem Cell Research Program Research Statement Overview Our long-term goal is to understand the molecular mechanism underlying DNA methylation-dependent epigenetic regulation of brain functions. Our current …
