Genetic Models of Down Syndrome

Bing Ye, PhD, is the Burton L. Baker Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School. The focus of his lab’s research is to address: how neuronal development contributes to the assembly and function of the nervous system, and how defects in this process lead to brain disorders. The Ye Lab uses both Drosophila and mice in their research, and take a multi-disciplinary approach that includes genetics, cell biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, advanced imaging (for neuronal structures and activity), electrophysiology, computation, and behavioral studies.