Department: Neurobiology

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Pasca, Sergiu

Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology

Research Interest
My primary interest is in understanding the molecular and cellular underpinnings of psychiatric diseases of developmental origin, in particular autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenias. I use induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) derived from patients to identify cellular phenotypes associated with these diseases. I am also working on developing reliable assays for probing neuronal phenotypes in vitro and optimizing high-throughput drug screening in iPSC-derived neurons from patients.