Laboratories
The Mayo Clinic's Department of Neuroscience emphasizes transformative and translational research in these focus areas:
- Brain tumor stem cell research: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.
- Comparative pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders: Casey N. Cook, Ph.D.
- Dementia and immunity: John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
- Genetics of Alzheimer's disease and endophenotypes: Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.
- Genomics of ALS and integrative analytics: Marka M. Van Blitterswijk, M.D., Ph.D.
- Meningeal lymphatics and neurological disorders: Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
- Molecular neurotherapeutics: Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Neurobiology of Alzheimer-related dementias: Na Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
- Neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases: Wilfried Rossoll, Ph.D.
- Neurobiology of Parkinson's disease: Pam J. McLean, Ph.D.
- Neurodegenerative diseases: Leonard Petrucelli, M.D. Ph.D.
- Neuropathology and microscopy: Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
- Parkinson's disease: Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
- Pathomechanisms of neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Yongjie Zhang, Ph.D.
- Protein biochemistry and neuroenzymology: Terrone L. Rosenberry, Ph.D.
- RNA metabolism in neurodegenerative disease: Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D.
- Stroke and vascular disease: Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
- Translational and integrative omics for neurodegeneration: Veronique Belzil, Ph.D., M.S.
- Translational cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
- Translational neurobiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
- Translational neuropathology: Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.