Quasar S. Padiath is professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics.
His research interests include molecular mechanisms of neurological disorders, especially myelin formation and maintenance, using data on humans and mouse and fruit fly models and molecular organization and structure of the nuclear lamina.
The major focus of the Padiath lab is to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying various neurological disorders. To achieve this, the lab uses human genetic approaches as well as research on model organisms such as mice and flies. They are also studying the genetic basis of the a class of demyelinating disorders know as leukodystrophies.
Another focus of lab is the adult onset demyelinating disorder, Autosomal Dominant Leukodystrophy (ADLD) that is caused by the overexpression of the nuclear lamina protein, Lamin B1.
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