Please join us for the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) Seminar Series on Friday, June 30 at 11 am Pacific Time

Hiruy Meharena, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurobiology and Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego. Hiruy’s group focuses on understanding how the brain develops at the molecular and cellular level to accomplish cognitive tasks. The overarching goal is to establish a comprehensive molecular map of the developing human brain in order to identify the cell-type specific gene-networks driving neurodevelopmental disorders associated with intellectual disability, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down syndrome. Mouse models and human derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are utilized to decode the genomic and molecular signatures of intellectual disability during neurodevelopment and cognitive processing.

Please register here and you will be emailed the event details.