Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

Description:
Fluorescent labeling of highly elaborate branching structure of a Purkinje neuron in the cerebellum

Bio:
Dr. Molly Heyer is an instructor in the lab of Paul Kenny at Mount Sinai. She studies role of regulatory small RNAs (microRNAs) in cerebellar neuron function and dysfunction related to psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder.

Research focus: Schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder