American Pediatrics Society honors Dr. Huda Zoghbi
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Director of the IDDRC, has been named as the 2019 Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award recipient by the American Pediatrics Society, a professional group whose mission is to shape the future of academic pediatrics through engagement of distinguished child health leaders.
Research News from IDDRC Investigators
From the labs to patent; osteoarthritis gene-therapy product is moving toward clinical trials
Posted: June 18, 2019
From the lab of: Brendan H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain
Posted: June 11, 2019
From the lab of: Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Ph.D.
Image of the Month: The developing eye
Posted: June 4, 2019
From the lab of: Ross A. Poche, Ph.D.
Activating the retina's ability to restore vision
Posted: May 14, 2019
From the labs of: Ross A. Poche, Ph.D. and James Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Image of the Month: The diversity of adult-born neurons
Posted: May 2, 2019
From the lab of: Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Ph.D.
No bioinformatics experience required to use new CRISPR data analytical tool
Posted: April 30, 2019
From the labs of: Huda Zoghbi, M.D. and Zhandong Liu, Ph.D.
Image of the Month: Art meets science to visualize the fruit fly’s brain
Posted: April 2, 2019
From the lab of: Hugo Bellen, DVM, Ph.D.
17p11.2 syndromes are much more than deletions and duplications
Posted: March 26, 2019
From the lab of: James Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.
Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease
Posted: March 12, 2019
From the lab of: Hugo Bellen, DVM, Ph.D.
SHANK3: the good, the bad and the hopeful
Posted: March 3, 2019
From the lab of: Huda Zoghbi, M.D.
Tuberous sclerosis: it’s not all about mTORC1
Posted: Feb. 28, 2019
From the lab of: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
Image of the Month: Neurogenesis in the adult mouse brain
Posted: Feb. 5, 2019
From the lab of: Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Ph.D.
Solving the mystery of CLN8’s connection with Batten disease
Posted: Jan. 24, 2019
From the lab of: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
Connecting Zika virus and hereditary microcephaly
Posted: Jan. 17, 2019
From the lab of: Hugo Bellen, DVM, Ph.D.
Putting mind and heart together opens a window into the adult brain
Posted: Jan. 10, 2019
From the lab of: Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Ph.D. and James F. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
The power of the microbiome: A microbe-based treatment reverses social deficits in mouse models of autism
Posted: Dec. 13, 2018
From the lab of: Mauro Costa-Mattioli, Ph.D.
Connecting mTOR and Src, two major players in cancer growth
Posted: Nov. 27, 2018
From the lab of: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
Research reveals defective transport of lysosomal enzymes causes a type of Batten disease
Posted: Nov. 7, 2018
From the lab of: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
INSiGHT into neuronal fate in the retina
Posted: Oct. 23, 2018
From the lab of: Melanie Samuel, Ph.D.
Connecting Tau aggregates, transposable elements and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease
Posted: Sept. 9, 2018
From the lab of: Joshua Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
Thinking outside the box to fight back neurodegeneration
Posted: Aug. 28, 2018
From the lab of: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
Pay attention to the ‘noise’ in your brain
Posted: Aug. 23, 2018
From the lab of: Andreas Tolias, Ph.D.
Revealing unique features of the ‘antennae’ on light-sensing neurons
Posted: Aug. 21, 2018
From the laboratory of: Rui Chen, Ph.D.
The Hippo pathway: tailor of the developing heart
Posted: July 5, 2018
From the lab of: James Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Sorting out what drives Huntington’s disease
Posted: July 12, 2018
From the lab of: Juan Botas, Ph.D.
Of fruit flies, genes and aortic aneurysms
Posted: June 21, 2018
From the lab of: Hugo Bellen, DVM, Ph.D.
Fruit flies: ‘living test tubes’ to rapidly screen potential disease-causing human genes
Posted: May 22, 2018
From the lab of: Shinya Yamamoto, DVM, Ph.D.
Two is better than one, to improve brain function on a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Posted: April 24, 2018
From the lab of: Joanna Jankowsky, Ph.D.
When protein regulators go awry, neurological disease may follow
Posted: April 19, 2018
From the lab of: Huda Zoghbi, M.D.