Recent advances from the Trakhtenberg lab have uncovered promising targetable regulators of neuronal self-repair, which fail to self-activate sufficiently in the injured mammalian CNS and thus require therapeutic activation. To find out more, see the below links to a Cover Page research article in Experimental Neurology, a research report in Brain Research, and research reports […]
Students
Jacob Brady from Trakhtenberg lab wins NIH F30 Fellowship Award
Jacob Brady, an MD/PhD student in the Trakhtenberg lab, has won a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) F30 fellowship titled “Transcriptional regulation of axon regeneration by Klf9 inhibition”. Jacob studies the molecular mechanisms that could be targeted for repairing injured central nervous system, with the focus on the optic and cortico-spinal/thalamic circuits. Jacob […]
Moumita, Jacob and Shreya win at Graduate Student Research Day
Moumita Bhattacharya, 2026 Biomedical Science Program Student Leadership Award This award honors a student who has made sustained and outstanding contributions in leadership activities during his or her studies in the program that improve graduate student life and further the educational mission of the university or the community. Jacob Brady, 2026 GSRD Oral Presentation Award-1st […]