Giorgia Quadrato, an assistant professor in USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, was recently awarded an Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation (EMF) grant to further her research about modeling human brain development and disease. To read more, visit https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-stem-cell-scientist-giorgia-quadrato-receives-a-2020-mallinckrodt-grant….Continue Reading Giorgia Quadrato receives a 2020 Mallinckrodt Grant
Year: 2020
Brain development and disorder research receives $1.5 million NSF boost
The human brain is an incredibly complex organ to study in its living tissue form. Researchers cannot experiment on human tissue directly, and animal models are often too different to human physiology to be effective. For this reason, in the last decade, neurological research has been increasingly turning to “brain-on-a-chip” organoid models to give researchers…Continue Reading Brain development and disorder research receives $1.5 million NSF boost
Lab uses brain organoids to study intellectual disability, with support from the SynGAP Research Fund
Maybe a child misses a developmental milestone, such as rolling over, or saying that first word. Perhaps the child also falls down due to seizures, or develops symptoms of an autism spectrum disorder. Eventually, a doctor pinpoints the cause: a rare and spontaneous variant in a gene called SYNGAP1, which leads to a variety of…Continue Reading Lab uses brain organoids to study intellectual disability, with support from the SynGAP Research Fund