Kevin Guttenplan

Mark and Mary Stevens Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow
PhD Student
Department of Neurobiology
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Alumni
Understanding why neurons die in disease

Originally from Amarillo, TX, I received a BA from Pomona College in Neuroscience and Mathematics in 2014. I am now a second-year student in the Neurosciences PhD program working in the lab of Ben Barres.

Related Projects

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
SIGF - Graduate Fellowship
2016
Understanding why neurons die in disease

Many neurological diseases feature the death of neurons, but the mechanisms that mediate cell death in these disorders are unknown. Astrogliosis, the response of a cell-type called “astrocytes” to injury, is common to most diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), and recent studies in our lab suggest that some reactive astrocytes may release a protein that is potently toxic to neurons.