Xin Duan, PhD (faculty)
"May the force be with your neurons at the right moment"
Excessive Mechanotransduction in Sensory Neurons Causes Joint Contractures in a Mouse Model of Arthrogryposis
Shang Ma, et al, Ardem Patapoutian (Biorxiv, 2022) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.07.495164v1
Evan Semenza (student)
"This is your brain on (fatty) acid: metabolic involvement in the evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex"
Pinson, A., et al. (2022) Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals. Science 377(6611). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl6422
Coaches: Corey Harwell, PhD & Daniel Lim, MD, PhD