Abraham, Anna

Anna Abraham
Professor
Neuroscience
Neurocognition of creativity & imagination – reality/fiction distinction, self/social cognition, mental time travel, semantic cognition, aesthetics
Neurocognition of creativity & imagination – reality/fiction distinction, self/social cognition, mental time travel, semantic cognition, aesthetics
Molecular mechanism of embryo implantation. Endocrine disruptors on puberty and early pregnancy.
Regulation of Large-Scale Chromatin Structure and Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression during Oogenesis; Role of Chromatin Modifications during Meiosis; Cancer Epigenetics and Chromosome Instability
Neurotoxic agents that alter synaptic transmission. The actions of toxins such as the Clostridial neurotoxins (Botulinum and Tetanus) at the mammalian neuromuscular junction.
Effects of pathological stress on cells of the peripheral nervous system and the adrenal gland. In vitro disease modeling using human pluripotent stem cells.
Interactions between microbial pathogens and host immunity in the mouse model using bacteria that naturally infect mice and closely related strains that are important human pathogens.
Human fungal pathogens, sexual reproduction and development in fungal pathogenesis
The discovery and development of new drugs to prevent or treat malaria and diseases caused by brain-eating amoebae. Elucidating mechanism(s) of resistance and discovering new drug treatment regimens, combinations, or strategies to overcome resistance.