Genomics

Genomic analysis of rare mutations leading to neurodegeneration in Colombia.

Affiliated Researchers

Kenneth S. Kosik

Principal Investigator
Exploration of fundamental biological processes, particularly those related to the brain and its evolution.
Stem Cells and Neurodevelopment
Cellular Neurobiology and Pathobiology
Genomics
Neurophysiology

Juliana Acosta-Uribe

Project Scientist

Ancestral origins and phenotype-genotype correlation of tauopathies in admixed populations.

Genomics

Andrew Longhini

Assistant Project Scientist

Neurodegeneration, RNA biology, lncRNA, tau protein, LLPS.

Stem Cells and Neurodevelopment
Cellular Neurobiology and Pathobiology
Genomics

Sarah Eger

Graduate Student Researcher

Studying the functional genomics of Alzheimer’s Disease, using single cell transcriptomics and next-generation and long-read sequencing.<

Cellular Neurobiology and Pathobiology
Genomics

Collaborators

J. Nicholas Cochran (HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology), Francisco Lopera and the Grupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, (University of Antioquia, Colombia)