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Development of new analytical methods to better understand in-vivo dynamics of glial replacement





Generation of human-glial chimeric mice to model and evaluate cell therapeutic interventions of CNS disease.


Surgical and histological techniques to support in vivo analysis of human glial progenitor cells in chimerized brain models for the goal of translating therapies in glial based neurodegenerative disorders.
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I am investigating the role of Staphylococcus aureus in the development of bullous pemphigoid (BP), an autoimmune blistering skin disease. My research focuses on whether S. aureus presence is associated with various metrics of BP disease severity and whether isolates from individuals with more severe disease preferentially influence the expression and cleavage of BP180, the protein associated with blister formation. To do this I am analyzing bacterial abundance from skin swabs acquired from subjects recruited at URMC. The goal of this study is to identify bacterial species that contribute to BP disease pathogenesis.