University of Georgia
Regeneration of myelin in the mammalian brain, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating adult neural stem cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease
Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease.
Cellular to network mechanisms of olfaction and olfactory dysfunction in diseases including Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, traumatic or neurotoxic brain injuries.
Course-based undergraduate research experiences, virtual reality in learning physiology and anatomy, culturally responsive teaching.
Research focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, identifying novel immunomodulatory drugs, discovering biomarkers for diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases related dementia.
Research focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, identifying novel druggable targets, discovering prodromal biomarkers and novel reengineered gut microbiome based therapeutics for treatment of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases and related dementia.
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.
