Neurosciences Laboratories
As part of the neurosciences research program's ongoing commitment to the development of leading-edge medical science, our laboratories are delving into the study of neurodegenerative diseases, brain tumor therapies, Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury and stroke, among many others.
- Al-Louzi Laboratory
- Primary focus: visual pathway injury in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology
- Anastassiou Laboratory
- Primary Focus: biological computation
- Breunig Laboratory
- Primary focus: neural stem cell differentiation, brain repair and tumorigenesis
- Burda Laboratory
- Primary Focus: Glial mechanisms governing nervous system inflammation, plasticity and repair
- Butte Laboratory
- Primary focus: translational research in biophotonics
- Gao Laboratory
- Primary focus: neurophysiological mechanisms underlying normal/abnormal human brain development and adult brain functioning
- Golden Laboratory
- Primary Focus: cell migration and differentiation in the developing nervous system
- Gulati Laboratory
- Primary focus: motor-systems neuroscience
- Hunt Laboratory
- Primary focus: learning and memory
- Ho Laboratory
- Primary Focus: Stem cell models of aging and neurodegeneration
- Koronyo-Hamaoui Laboratory
- Primary focus: early diagnosis and immune-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease
- Lahiri Laboratory
- Primary Focus: Intersection of systemic disease and brain function
- Pierson Laboratory
- Primary focus: pediatric neurogenetic disorders
- Riera Laboratory
- Primary Focus: Neurobiology of metabolism in obesity and aging
- Rutishauser Laboratory
- Primary focus: neural mechanisms of learning, memory and decision-making
- Silm Laboratory
- Primary Focus: regulation of neurotransmitter release and presynaptic homeostasis
- Svendsen Laboratory
- Primary focus: stem cell research into neurogenerative diseases
- Yu Laboratory
- Primary focus: brain tumors and associated immune and stem cell therapy