University of Georgia
Role of glycosylation in regulating Notch signaling, assisting protein folding, and development.
Biological basis of social behavior and emotion processing in humans.
Major research focus areas: Neurotoxicology; Neuroimmunology; Basal ganglia, Neurodevelopmental, and Metabolic disorders.
Genetic analysis of mouse development; cell fate specification in the embryonic
central nervous system; patterning of the body plan’s left-right axis.
Developing Translational Glycomaterials for Neural Tissue Repair and Neural Interfacing.
We are developing stem cell approaches to repairing bone and nerve injury in addition to use of stem cells as a tool to screen toxins and potential drug therapies.
The role of stress and neuropeptides in drug seeking behavior using behavioral pharmacology, neuroanatomy, and molecular neuroscience.
Hemodynamic and electrocortical measures of emotional scene perception.
Multiscale and multimodal brain mapping with applications to brain diseases.
Cell Biology of Cilia; Cilia-related diseases, Intracellular Transport.
