Mentors

Participating Baylor College of Medicine faculty

Andrew Groves, PhD

Baylor Department - Neuroscience
Professor
Research Interest - Inner Ear Development and Regeneration

Hamed Jafar-Nejad

Baylor Department - Molecular and Human Genetics
Assistant Professor
Research Interest - Glycosylation in development and disease

Joanna L. Jankowsky, PhD

Baylor Department - Neuroscience
Assistant Professor
Research Interest - Selective Neuronal Silencing During Neurogenesis

Olivier Lichtarge, MD, PhD

Baylor Department - Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor
Research Interest - Structural Bioinformatics Applied to G protein-coupled receptors

James R. Lupski, MD, PhD, DSc

Baylor Department - Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor
Research Interest - Molecular Genetics of Inherited Neuropathies

Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, MD, PhD

Baylor Department - Pediatrics - Neurology
Assistant Professor
Research Interest - Neurogenesis: Roles in Learning and Memory

Javier Medina

Baylor Department - Neuroscience
Associate Professor
Research Interest - Role of cerebellar circuits

David L. Nelson, PhD

Baylor Department - Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor
Research Interest - Human Disease Gene Analysis; Fragile X Syndrome

Matthew Rasband, PhD

Baylor Department - Neuroscience
Associate Professor
Research Interest - Assembly of Molecular Axon Excitability Domains

Ray Russell

Baylor Department - Neuroscience
Assistant Professor
Research Interest - Organization of functional neural circuits