Drug Discovery

High-throughput discovery of chemicals that interact
with nervous system development and function.

There are no effective treatments for most genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. Moreover, traditional strategies for the development and screening of drugs to treat these disorders are limited by the inherent complexity of the nervous system. We utilize a novel computational drug discovery method and are building new experimental screening methods to identify chemicals that could treat neurodevelopmental disorders. This work is funded by an NIH DP2 New Innovator Award (https://reporter.nih.gov/search/tFTG0tWQG02M9BG-H5i0dw/project-details/10472146).