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Neurogenetics

Neurogenetics is a scientific field that combines neurology and genetics focusing on the genetic basis of nervous system development and function. 

Our faculty seek to understand how genes influence the development of neurons and glial cells, and how these cells organize into the peripheral and central nervous system. Furthermore, we seek to define the causes of brain and nerve disorders by targeting how inherited mutations affect nerve function and how they lead to complex neurological phenotypes. The results of our studies provide an important foundation for future treatments of neurological disorders.

Please browse the profiles of the Neurogenetics faculty below to explore the research of individual laboratories.

Principal Investigators
portrait of Anthony Antonellis Anthony Antonellis
James V Neel Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Human Genetics
Chair, Department of Human Genetics and Professor of Neurology
Medical School
Stephanie Bielas Stephanie Bielas, PhD
Morton S and Henrietta K Sellner Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School
portrait of Margit Burmeister Margit Burmeister, PhD
Associate Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
portrait of Shigeki Iwase Shigeki Iwase PhD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School
portrait of Kenneth Kwan Kenneth Kwan
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Research Associate Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Medical School
Donna Martin, MD, PhD Donna M Martin
Ravitz Foundation Endowed Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School
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Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Associate Director Academic Program, PIBS, Medical School
portrait of Miriam H Meisler Miriam H Meisler
Myron Levine Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Neurology
Medical School
portrait of Stephanie L Moon Stephanie L Moon
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School
portrait of Rajesh Rao Rajesh Rao
Leonard G Miller Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor of Pathology
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School
Xander Nuttle Xander Nuttle
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School
profile-peter-todd-2014 Peter K Todd, MD, PhD
Chester and Anne Alecks Sackett Endowed Professor
Professor of Neurology
Associate Chair for Research
Department of Neurology
Medical Director
Neurology and Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School