Selected Grants
Discovering the cell type basis of the IT projection system and its dysregulation after perinatal HIE
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brain
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2028Human splicing enhancers in evolution and disease
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and Wnt signaling
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2027RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027A High-Throughput Screening Platform to Discover RNA Methylation Inhibitors
ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2026Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Mechanisms underlying DDX3X pathology in autism spectrum disorder
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2021 - 2025Investigating the Role of WNT Signaling Modulation in the Evolution of the Developing Human Cerebral Cortex
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2023 - 2025Role of ATAD3A in lysosomal homeostasis and neurogenesis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation · 2021 - 2025Investigation of DDX3X missense mutations in human cortical organoids
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2024 - 2025Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Dynamic control of cortical development and disease by mRNA stability
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025Essential requirements of Eif4a3 in brain development and disease
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2025The Role of mRNA decay factor CNOT3 in cortical development
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2025Dysregulation of RNA metabolism and cytoskeleton dynamics during neuronal maturation.
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · 2023 - 2024Elucidating the molecular pathogenesis of DDX3X missense mutations associated with dominant negative phenotypes in DDX3X-ID
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023IRES Track 1 IRTG Engaged in Dissecting and Reengineering the Regulatory Genome
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023Cell-based assays to elucidate how DD3X missense mutations influence neural cell fate
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The DDX3X Foundation · 2021 - 2022Zeiss Lightsheet Upgrade to Expand Imaging Capabilities
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022The role of an Intellectual Disability gene, DDX3X, in neural progenitors during brain development
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022Epitranscriptomic Control of Local Gene Expression in Neural Stem Cells
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021Using mouse models to uncover molecular and cellular impacts of DDX3X mutation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The DDX3X Foundation · 2020 - 2021Transmission electron microscope (TEM)
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021Super-resolution Imaging via Multiple Modalities with the Zeiss Elyra 7
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021Uncovering the role of Rho-GTPase in brain development and neural disorders
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2020 - 2021Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Post-transcriptional RNA regulation in mammalian neural stem cells
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020Amelioration of neural stem cell defects underlying Zika virus induced microcephaly
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2017 - 2020Role of RNA-binding proteins in neural stem cell biology and disease
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2018 - 2019Control of cell fate by progenitor mitosis length and microcephaly-linked genes during cortical development
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Innate Immune Inhibition of the Mevalonate Pathway impairs Neurodevelopment during ZIKv infection
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Zika virus infection of neural stem cells to model pathogen-induced microcephaly
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018Asymmetric RNA localization in neural stem cells during cortical development
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Dissecting the role of the exon junction complex in embryonic corticogenesis
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017Analysis of the Exon Junction Complex in Neural Development and Microcephaly
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2013External Relationships
- Cold Spring Harbor Labs
- Company of Biologists
- Cortical Evolution meeting
- Gordon Research Conferences
- University of California Los Angeles
- Washington University in St. Louis
- european molecular biology organization (EMBO)
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