Fred H. Gage is the Principal Investigator of the Gage Lab.

Carol Marchetto is a Senior Staff Scientist in the Laboratory of Dr. Fred Gage. Carol is currently studying the behavior of different subtypes of human neurons in the neuropsychiatric diseases such as Autism spectrum disorders, Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder. Elucidation of basic mechanisms that are involved in neuronal deficits on brain disease may help developing strategies for drug screen platforms and potential therapy candidates for neurologic diseases. Carol obtained her degree in Biology and her PhD degree in Genetics at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil. When she is not working in the lab, Carol is involved in outreach science programs and Women in Science discussions. Carol’s passions are practicing yoga and teaching yoga for kids.

I’m interested in studying the biology of human aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders using neural cell reprogramming technologies and integrative analysis approaches.

Hey, this is Sara. I have my Ph.D. in Human Genetics from UM where I studied various aspects of retrotransposons in humans. Currently, I’m studying gene expression dynamics within neurons from mice, non-human primates, and humans. Regarding the extracurriculars; I’ve recently developed a fondness for rock climbing and also train in the martial arts.

I studied Biology as an undergraduate at Duke before pursuing my PhD in the Neurosciences Graduate Program at UCSD, working in the lab of Dr. Eric Zorrilla.   I joined the Gage lab in 2012 as a staff researcher specializing in behavioral neuroscience.  I’m interested in the connection between outward behavior and its underlying neural circuits, with a particular focus on hippocampus-dependent memory.

My career path is somewhat unorthodox, having pursued training in physics and clinical neurology. I am interested in how spatiotemporal patterns of neuronal activity in the brain code for information and how they become altered in diseases of the nervous system. Currently, I am studying how new born dentate granule cells develop and integrate into the hippocampus, and the role these cells play in pattern separation as well as epileptogenesis.

Hi my name is Nicole. I completed my MD/PhD at UC San Diego, my pediatrics residency at Rady Children’s Hospital, and now I am a pediatric critical care fellow at Rady’s. I’m interested in studying neuroinflammatory diseases in my patients using iPS models. When I’m not in the lab, I’m doing clinical work, or else I’m with my husband, 2 year old son, and our Great Danes enjoying the outdoors.

Hi my name is Lynne Moore and graduated from San Diego State University. I am Dr. Gage¹s lab manager and my bench work is as a molecular biologist. In my free time I enjoy my family, hiking and scary movies.

Abed Mansour is a Postdoctoral fellow, his research focuses on developing a neuronal 3D culture system that is derived from human stem cells to study neurodegenerative diseases. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Medical Science and developmental Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His graduate studies focused on studying the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate the development of the central nervous system. Follow his graduation, Abed joined the Weizmann Institute of Science to pursue postdoctoral training on studying the molecular mechanisms that regulate the establishment and maintenance of Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Ani received her PhD from TIFR, India. In her graduate work (in the lab of Shubha Tole), she studied cell fate specification in the developing CNS. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the Gage lab, and is now interested in the roles played by neuronal network during development and in psychiatric disorders. She tries to find spare time for fine art photography. Ani’s linkedinprofile.

Dina is a Research Associate of the Gage Lab.

Krishna did her masters from TIFR, Mumbai where she was inspired to pursue a Ph.D in the neurosciences at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. There she focused on  examining stage-specific molecular regulators of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. She is a postdoc in the lab and is currently studying dysregulation of specific neurotransmitter systems in neurons derived from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and transdifferentiation technologies.

I am studying the physiology and changes in neuronal function in different brain disorders. I have a Ph.D. in Physics and a M.Sc. in Computer science, both from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a B.Sc. in Electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv Univeristy. My true passion is neurobiology. During my Ph.D. I characterized Down syndrome model neurons through changes in ion channels conductance. Right now I am focusing on bipolar disorder model neurons.

I received my PhD degree from CUHK, Hong Kong. My major interest of research is molecular machinery in Parkinson’s disease with cell reprogramming techniques such as iPSC and direct reprogramming from fibroblast to functional neuron (iN). With this technology I would like to identify the relationship of aging and Parkinsonism and why dopaminergic neurons are particularly vulnerable in Parkinson patients.

Simon is a Research Associate of the Gage Lab.

I am Tomo and I received a B.S. in Biology from Nagoya University, and M.S. & PhD. in Neuroscience from the University of Tokyo. I am interested in the temporal regulation of brain development, and now working on the long-term maintenance of adult neural stem cells and aging. Outside lab, I like drinking, surfing, reading and sleeping.

Yongsung Kim received his Ph.D, M.S., and B.S. in Biological Sciences from KAIST. He is currently interested in mitochondrial function in various neurologic disorder such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and bipolar disorder using patients fibroblasts iPSC derived humans neurons.

Debha is an MD/PhD student in UCSD’s Neuroscience program that is interested in the intersection of bioinformatics and neuroscience. He is interested in uncovering the genomic mechanisms of complex neuropsychiatric diseases, like autism and schizophrenia. Before joining the lab, Debha majored in bioengineering at Stanford, where he studied optogenetics and fMRI.

Hi my name is Meiyan and I did my undergraduate study at Tsinghua University in China. I started my graduate study here in UCSD in 2013. I am interested in gene regulation during brain development in the context of neurological diseases and human evolution. I like to go swimming and watch TV shows when I have time.

Stephen Johnston is a PhD student in the UCSD Neurosciences Program specializing in Computational Neuroscience. He is interested in adult neurogenesis and circuit activity mediating hippocampal dependent behaviors. In a past life he traveled, collected random information and experiences, and loathed physicists who, like himself, became biologists.

Thomas is an undergraduate student at UCSD. He is studying Neuroscience and Physiology, and his primary interest is neurodevelopmental disease. In his free time, Thomas sleeps; though, he never has free time and always looks tired.