 | The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation recently highlighted the work of Jonathan Savitz, Ph.D. in their report on "Immune System Chemicals Linked to a Depression Symptom". Dr. Savitz is a 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator grant recipient. In the featured study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, patients with depression had fewer neuroprotective kynurenine metabolites in the blood relative to neurotoxic metabolites, and the lower proportion correlated with smaller sizes of the amygdala and hippocampus in depressed patients, structures that help regulate emotional processing and consolidate memories. Click here to learn more: |
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On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 2pm in the LIBR Conference Room, Dr. Brett McKinney will lead a presentation and discussion about RNAseq expression analysis at LIBR.
Brett McKinney, Ph.D. is the William K. Warren, Jr., Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics at The University of Tulsa and has a joint appointment in the Department of Mathematics and Tandy School of Computer Science. His research interests include the development of statistical and machine learning approaches to characterize interconnecting patterns of genes and other biomarkers that are pathologically altered (e.g., in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder). |
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