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Behavioral Genetics and Neurobiology 

  

The following GGR laboratories are interested in behavioral genetics and neurobiology

 

(Edwin) Ted Abel

The molecular basis of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory; the molecular basis of sleep/wake regulation.

Edward S. Brodkin Genetic analysis of social behaviors (aggressive and affiliative behaviors) and related brain phenotypes in mouse models relevant to autism and schizophrenia.
Maja Bucan
 Genetic dissection of complex behaviors in mice; Functional genomics
Douglas Epstein
 Regulation of Sonic hedgehog signaling in development and disease
Thomas Jongens
 Modeling Fragile X Mental Retardation in Drosophila; Germ Cell Specification
Kazuko Nishikura
 RNA metabolism/processing. RNA editing, RNAi mechanism, apoptosis, cell cycle regulation.
Eric Pierce
 Molecular bases of inherited retinal degenerations.
David Raizen The regulation and purpose of sleep-like behavior in C. elegans
Amita Sehgal
 Molecular basis of behavior

Other CAMB laboratories (with research related to GGR) interested in behavioral genetics and neurobiology.

Greg Bashaw Signaling mechanisms that function during attractive and repulsive axon guidance.
Michael Granato Axonal guidance and motor behavior regulation in the zebrafish.
Eric Weinberg Pattern formation, neural development, ear development in the zebrafish embryo.

 

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