The Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory
Laboratory Director
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.The goals of the Laboratory are:
- To discover the genes and mechanisms underlying childhood epilepsies.
- To improve the lives of children by developing more accurate ways of diagnosing and treating childhood neurological problems at the earliest possible stage.
The Blue Bird research team has made critical breakthroughs in epilepsy, including the identification of over ten genes related to common childhood seizures, and developing new strategies for the detection and prevention of seizure induced damage in the brain. In the late 1990's, the laboratory created a national family research partnership program to discover families with epilepsy.
The laboratory is continuing to expand its basic research program with the development of a state-of-the-art molecular facility. The Laboratory has received numerous international leadership and training awards and actively collaborates with many biomedical research centers worldwide.