Making Connections

Ian Wickersham develops genetic tools that provide more powerful and precise ways to study the organization of the brain. His lab invents techniques for targeting neurons based on their synaptic connectivity and gene expression patterns in order to cause them to express genes that allow the neurons to be studied and controlled by neuroscientists and clinicians. The goal of Wickersham’s work is to provide neuroscience with more effective ways of studying the brain, and potentially to provide clinical neurology with more effective ways of treating disorders of the brain.