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Research Interests
Our research is focused on addressing fundamental aspects of the biology of human neurons in the context of physiological conditions and in the context of disease. We have two clinical interests, motor neuron disease and epileptic channelopathies. We utilize patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells and direct reprogramming methods to generate different neuronal subtypes implicated in these diseases. We then study these cells by a combination of genomic approaches and functional physiological assays. Our hope is that these disease model systems will help us identify points of effective and targeted therapeutic intervention.
Training Experience
| 2014 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University |
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Imperial College London, UK
… → 2008
Keywords
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Cell Biology
- Genomics
- Neurogenetics
- Neuroscience
- Stem Cells
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Grants 2014 2023
Defining The Mechanisms by Which NEK1 Genetic Variants Associated with ALS Patient Motor Neurons Lead to Motor Neuron Degeneration
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
4/1/19 → 3/31/21
Project: Research project
Nerve Degeneration
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neurons
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Central Nervous System
The Role of Mitochondria in TDP-43 Proteinopathy
Fushimi, K., Kiskinis, E., Ozdinler, P. H. & Wu, J.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
9/30/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Mitochondria
Frontotemporal Dementia
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Investigation of human neuron models of channelopathy-associated epilepsy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
9/30/18 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
Channelopathies
Epilepsy
Neurons
Ion Channels
Genes
Defining The Impaired Proteostasis Network in ALS Patient Motor Neurons
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
9/1/18 → 8/31/20
Project: Research project
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neurons
Proteins
Mutation
Proteolysis
Subproject for SP0046885 Oliver Core A
Kiskinis, E., Oliver, G. & Scott, R. P.
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
8/1/18 → 7/31/23
Project: Research project
Kidney
Kidney Diseases
Research Personnel
Therapeutics
Nanomedicine
Research Output 2001 2019
Peptide–siRNA Supramolecular Particles for Neural Cell Transfection
Hernandez-Garcia, A., Álvarez, Z., Simkin, D., Madhan, A., Pariset, E., Tantakitti, F., de J. Vargas-Dorantes, O., Lee, S. S., Kiskinis, E. & Stupp, S., Feb 6 2019, In : Advanced Science. 6, 3, 1801458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
ribonucleic acids
RNA
Transfection
genes
Peptides
1
Citation
(Scopus)
All-Optical Electrophysiology for High-Throughput Functional Characterization of a Human iPSC-Derived Motor Neuron Model of ALS
Kiskinis, E., Kralj, J. M., Zou, P., Weinstein, E. N., Zhang, H., Tsioras, K., Wiskow, O., Ortega, J. A., Eggan, K. & Cohen, A. E., Jun 5 2018, In : Stem cell reports. 10, 6, p. 1991-2004 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Electrophysiology
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neurons
Stem cells
Botulinum Toxin Conditioning Enhances Motor Axon Regeneration in Mouse and Human Preclinical Models
Franz, C. K., Puritz, A., Jordan, L. A., Chow, J., Ortega, J. A., Kiskinis, E. & Heckman, C. J., Aug 1 2018, In : Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 32, 8, p. 735-745 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Type A Botulinum Toxins
Botulinum Toxins
Axons
Regeneration
Nerve Transfer
Comparative genomic analysis of embryonic, lineage-converted and stem cell-derived motor neurons
Ichida, J. K., Staats, K. A., Davis-Dusenbery, B. N., Clement, K., Galloway, K. E., Babos, K. N., Shi, Y., Son, E. Y., Kiskinis, E., Atwater, N., Gu, H., Gnirke, A., Meissner, A. & Eggan, K., Nov 1 2018, In : Development (Cambridge). 145, 22, dev168617.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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