Internal and external senses
We study internal sensory systems using molecular and genetic approaches. The vagus nerve is an essential body-brain communication axis that controls vital functions of the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, and immune...
We seek to understand the mechanisms by which heterogenous cell types orchestrate synchronous network patterns for brain computations as fundamental as memory, which may be key to understanding the origins of pathological hypersynchrony in epilepsy...
Our broad interest is to understand how cell-cell signaling molecules set up spatial pattern, particularly in the formation of neuronal connections. We use a range of approaches including biochemical and cell biological studies, high-throughput analysis...
For me, home is: Beijing, China
Prior degree(s): BA in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Research experience before PiN: In Yvette Fisher's Lab at UC Berkeley, I studied neural circuit mechanisms underlying navigational processing in Drosophila. By...
The brain-CSF interface: Neural stem cells and disease
Defined numbers of neural precursor cells are remarkably synchronized in their task to form the brain, yet no central command coordinating this process has been identified. Neural precursors divide...
The specific aims of the Majzoub laboratory's studies are to analyze beneficial and detrimental effects, and the regulation of, the mammalian stress response, particularly within the brain. Current research focuses on the behavioral and neuroendocrine...
Immune cell modulation is an attractive strategy for the treatment of inflammatory conditions. Inflammation is critical to protecting us from dangers within (e.g. cancer) and without (e.g. microbes). But inflammation also drives much human pathology and...
Successful treatment of brain tumors remains one of the greatest challenges in oncology. The recognition that different stem cell types, including mesenchymal and neural stem cells, can integrate appropriately throughout the mammalian brain following...