principal investigator

Niels Ringstad

Niels Ringstad

Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Institute, at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine

PhD, Yale University
AB, Harvard University

Keywords
molecular/cellular neuroscience, behavioral genetics, channels and transporters, neurodevelopment

LAB members

 

Benjamin Brissette

Benjamin Brissette

Graduate Student

BA, Duke University

Keywords
sensory processing, host-microbe interactions

Yen-Chih Chen

Yen-Chih Chen

Graduate Student

BA , MS National Taiwan University

Keywords
serotonin signaling, behavioral genetics, pharmacogenetics

Jung-Hwan Choi

Jung-Hwan Choi

Postdoctoral Fellow

BS, Seoul National University
PhD, Washington University St. Louis

Keywords
synaptic neurotransmission, chemotaxis, glutamatergic signaling

Candace Linton

Candace Linton

Post-bac / Research Technician

BA, New York University

Keywords
neurodevelopment, cell-fate determination, TLR and MAPK signaling

alumni

Sonya Aziz-Zaman (post-bac)  -> clinical trial coordinator, Columbia University
Lauren Bayer-Horowitz (graduate student) -> post-doc, Rockefeller University
Julia Brandt (graduate student) -> post-doc, Columbia University
Lesley Emtage (post-doc) -> faculty, CUNY
Alice Fok (MSTP student) -> finishing medical school
Elver Ho (post-bac) -> MD/PhD program, SUNY
Rouzbeh Masheyeki (post-bac) -> medical school, Johns Hopkins University
Sachin Makani (post-doc) -> consulting, Virgo Health
Luis Martinez-Velazquez (MSTP student) -> opthalmology residency, Harvard University
Joseph Pick (post-doc) -> scientist, PTC Therapeutics
Mary Rossillo (MSTP student ) -> finishing medical school
Ewan St. John Smith (post-doc) -> faculty, Cambridge University
Kara Zang (graduate student) -> post-doc, Columbia University