Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board



Anne Anderson Anne Anderson, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology and Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
http://www.bcm.edu/cain_foundation/anne_anderson/
Specialties: Clinical Neurophysiology, Pediatric Neurology

Marisa Bartolomei Marisa S. Bartolomei, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/faculty/Bartolomei/Bartolomei.html
Specialties: genomic imprinting, X inactivation, DNA methylation, epigenetics

Goujun Bu Guojun Bu, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Cell Biology and Physiology
Unit Leader Pathobiology
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
http://peds.wustl.edu/faculty/Bu_Guojun/
Specialty: Cell biology of intracellular protein trafficking

Ype Elgersma Ype Elgersma, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Neuroscience Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Specialty: Biochemistry / cellular signal transduction

Kevin Haas Kevin Haas, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, TN
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kcpeople/show.aspx?id=11295
Specialties: Neurology, Neurosurgery

Yong-hui Jiang Yong-hui Jiang, M.D. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Specialties: Epigenetics, Neuroscience

Eric Klann Eric Klann, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Neural Science
New York University
New York, NY
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/Klann.php
Specialty: Synaptic plasticity / mouse models of mental retardation

Paul Lombroso Paul Lombroso, M.D.
Associate Professor
Child Study Center
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/faculty/paul.htm
Specialty: Childhood developmental disorders

Pat Levitt Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kcpeople/show.aspx?id=1478
Specialties: Childhood cognitive disorders / neuropsychiatric disorders

Richard Paylor Richard Paylor, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
http://www.bcm.edu/genetics/facultyaz/paylor.html
Specialties: Mental retardation, developmental disabilities and small animal behavior

G. William Rebeck G. William Rebeck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
http://neuro.georgetown.edu/faculty/rebeck.htm

Steven Skinner Steven Skinner, M.D.
Associate Director, Senior Clinical Geneticist
Greenwood Genetic Center
Greenwood, S.C.
http://www.ggc.org/faculty/skinner.html
Specialty: mental retardation, autism, and brain development

David Segal David Segal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UC Davis Genome Center
Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology
School of Medicine
www.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/segal/
Specialty: genomic therapeutics

Paul D. Soloway Paul D. Soloway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/bio.cfm?netid=pds28
Nutrition; Genetics and Development; Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

David Sweatt J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.
Evelyn F. McKnight Chair, Dept of Neurobiology
Director, McKnight Brain Institute
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294
http://neurobiology-uab.infomedia.com/bios.asp?action=form&recordID=146774
Specialties: Epigenetic control of gene expression/ learning and memory

Edwin Weeber Edwin Weeber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director Murine Neurobehavior Laboratory
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
http://hsccf.health.usf.edu/researchDirectoryTemplate/depttemplate.cfm?&person_id=42285&deptid=28
Specialties: Learning and memory / Synaptic Plasticity