Research Labs

We study neural and neural crest development, evolution and pathology with focus on patterning mechanisms.

Research in my group focuses on CD8-mediated and antibody-mediated pathogenic mechanisms in rare (epileptic) diseases such as Rasmussen encephalitis, Susac syndrome, Narcolepsy and the clinically defined antibody-associated encephalitides.

We are interested in the initiation, progression and resolution of inflammatory lesions of the central nervous system, and study these processes in models of neuromyelitis optica, an important human disease.