6/17/2025
Discovering and characterizing inhibitors for Sphingosine Kinase and Sphingosine 1-phosphate transporters (Spns2 and Mfsd2b)
6/17/2025
The long-term goal of our research program is to elucidate the roles of peripheral and central glia and glial-glial interactions during nervous system development, maintenance and disease/injury. Using Danio rerio…
6/17/2025
Neural regeneration within the central nervous system (CNS) is a critical unmet challenge as CNS disorders continue to be the leading cause of disability nationwide. Engineers can provide a unique…
6/17/2025
Tracy Larson explores the origins, functions, and mechanisms underlying natural variation in the spatial and temporal patterns of adult neurogenesis by integrating behavioral genomics, comparative neuroanatomy, and cellular biology with…
6/17/2025
My lab is interested in epithelial homeostasis, secretion and innate defense. We focus on the human prosecretory mitogen 'lacritin' that we discovered and named out of an unbiased screen for…
6/21/2025
Our laboratory is interested in the cellular mechanisms of neuronal vulnerability associated with stroke. A multidisciplinary approach has been undertaken to elucidate how neurons are destabilized during ischemia and what…
6/17/2025
Our goal is to understand the biological basis of cognition. After many experimental studies elucidating the rules of associative synaptic modification, almost all of our research uses the tools of…
6/17/2025
6/17/2025
I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that control the generation of different neuronal types along the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis of the spinal cord, using motor neurons as a…