My lab works on the ways in which interacting networks of transcription factors and signal transduction molecules guide the development of precursor/stem cells into mature neurons of the mammalian nervous system.
We also work on the role of the same networks in neurodegenerative diseases and factors that can act therapeutically as neuroprotective agents.
Recent Publication in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports:
Generation of Photoreceptor Precursors from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.
Stem Cell Rev. 2017 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/s12015-017-9773-x
Lu AQ, Barnstable CJ.
International News:
Dr. Barnstable lecturing to the Ophthalmology Department and administration of the Tonglu People’s Hospital, Jan 2018.
