Shivashankar Othy, PhD
Our goal is to uncover the principles of immune regulation in the central nervous system (CNS) at organismal, cellular, and […]
Our goal is to uncover the principles of immune regulation in the central nervous system (CNS) at organismal, cellular, and […]
The Villalta laboratory is directed towards understanding how immune cells contribute to tissue injury and repair in degenerative and autoimmune
Research Interests: Sensory Neurobiology, Photoreceptor physiology, Visual cycle and dark adaptation, Photoreceptor degeneration, Gene-independent therapy for visual disorders We are
Gene augmentation therapy for correcting mutations in the RPE65 gene is the first FDA-approved gene therapy for any genetically inherited disease. There
Our research group is dedicated to understand the molecular basis of human diseases using structural biology, which allows us to
Our research seeks to understand how ion channels operate in health and illness. Ion channels are membrane proteins in all
The long-term goal of our lab is to understand how mechanical forces modulate neural stem cell fate in development and
My research is focused on identifying how experience modulates activity dynamics in neural circuits, both acutely and chronically. I aim
Research in Dr. Abbott’s lab is focused on elucidating the molecular basis for ion channel and transporter physiology and pathophysiology.