My previous work uncovered a molecular mechanism whereby the activity of transcriptional enhancers in NSCs encodes the final position of excitatory neurons in the mouse cerebral cortex.
Our specific research interests include:
- Transcriptional and epigenetic control of neuronal fate-specification in the developing cortex.
- Evolution of transcriptional regulation in cortical neural stem cells.
- The role of chromatin-modifications in maintaining neuronal identity and function.
Research areas
- Chromatin, Chromosomes, and Genome Integrity
- Developmental Mechanisms and Regulation in Eukaryotic Systems
- Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Evolution
The Baizabal lab is interested in understanding how the great complexity of the human brain is encoded in our genome. We focus our studies in the cerebral cortex – the mysterious neuronal forest (paraphrasing Santiago Ramón y Cajal) that commands higher cognition in humans.
We also study the role of the epigenome in maintaining the identity and function of cortical neurons in the mature brain during the lifespan of an organism.
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