Postdoctoral Scholars
Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou
PhD, Neuroscience, UC San Francisco
BA, English, Harvard University About eirene
Eirene’s broad interest is the regulation and function of Autism Spectrum Disorder genes during human cortical development. Specifically, she is studying chromatin regulation of ASD gene regulatory elements across development, and the function of chromatin modifying genes that are implicated in ASD. Previously, Eirene worked on the regulation of monoallelic olfactory receptor gene expression (Markenscoff-Papadimitriou et al, 2014). |
Helen Willsey
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Cameron Exner
PhD, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
BS, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University About CAMERON
Cameron works to identify points of functional convergence among Autism Spectrum Disorder risk genes during embryonic brain development using the frog Xenopus tropicalis as a model. Her current focus is on how ASD risk genes interface with known regulators of neuronal progenitor cell biology to influence this population’s proliferation and differentiation. The goal of her research is to shed light on the underlying genetic and developmental mechanisms that contribute to the etiology of ASD, and, based on that refined understanding, to inform the design of potential treatments in the future. She also works to answer similar questions about the function of Tourette Disorder risk genes in cell polarity and migration events in the developing brain. |