Mark Zervas, an NSGP trainer and Manning Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, has received a Department of Defense grant to study the disease tuberous sclerosis in a novel mouse model. Tuberous Sclerosis is a developmental genetic disorder that has neurological effects in many patients including autism, cognitive deficit, and epilepsy. Elizabeth Normand, an NSGP graduate student and Dr. Zervas will seek to link specific brain regions and cell types to neurological manifestations of the disease. [text paraphrased from Brown University press release]
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