Russ Ferland, Ph.D.

The combined long-term objectives of our research are to better understand the molecular, genetic, 以及导致神经发育和神经紊乱的细胞机制. Overall, my research interests lie primarily in the study of disorders of brain development and neurological disease, 具体涉及以下调查领域:

1) functional analyses of AHI1 and CSPP1, two novel genes which we mapped and cloned in individuals with Joubert syndrome (Hsiao et al., J. Neurosci., 2021; Munoz and Ferland, J. Cell Sci., 2019; Bourgeois and Ferland, Dev. Biol., 2019; Tuz et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2014; Tuz et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2013; Westfall et al., J. Neurosci., 2010; Hsiao et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 2009; Doering et al., J. Comp. Neurol., 2008; Ferland et al., Nature Genetics, 2004),

2) formation and function of the primary non-motile cilia in development and disease (Hua and Ferland, Methods Cell Bio., 2023; Hsiao et al., J. Neurosci., 2021; Munoz and Ferland, J. Cell Sci., 2019; Munoz and Ferland, J. Cell Sci., 2019; Bourgeois and Ferland, Dev. Biol., 2019; Hua and Ferland, Bioessays, 2018; Hua and Feland, Cell. Mol. Life Sci., 2018; Hua and Ferland, Cilia, 2017; Tuz et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2014; Tuz et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2013; Hsiao et al., Cilia, 2012; Westfall et al., J. Neurosci., 2010; Hsiao et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 2009), 

3)癫痫阈值的遗传和神经解剖学机制, seizure propagation, epileptogenesis, 和癫痫猝死(SUDEP)(威尔逊, et al., FASEB J., 2021; Ferland et al., G3 Genes, Genom. Genet, 2017; Ferland, 2017; Loscher, Ferland, and Ferraro, Epilepsy and Behavior, 2017; Kadiyala et al., J. Neurosci., 2016; Kadiyala et al., Epil. Res., 2015; Kadiyala et al., PLoS ONE, 2014; Papandrea et al., Exp. Neurol., 2009; Papandrea et al., Epil. Res., 2009; Ferland et al, 1998a,b,c, 1999, 2002a,b, 2003).