Our laboratory studies the principles of nervous system development, epilepsy and traumatic brain injury. Much of this work focuses on the molecular, cellular and circuit organization of cortical inhibitory interneurons, and on creating, and applying, new technologies that enable precise manipulation or repair of the brain. Our philosophy is to embrace a broad view of neuroscience as we integrate a constellation of molecular, cellular, developmental, electrophysiological and systems-level methods in our work. Ultimately, we hope to discover precisely how the nervous system is changed in neurodevelopmental disorders or by traumatic brain injury, and to use this information to create new therapies.

Our goal is to discover precisely how the nervous system is changed by disorders of brain development or injury and to translate these basic science discoveries into new therapies.

Our affiliations

We are part of the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine.