Chin Chiang
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
Program in Developmental Biology (PDB)
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
The Chiang lab is interested in how neurochemically distinct neurons are generated and how they contribute to associative motor learning, a process whereby the cerebellum learns an association between two sensory stimuli from the environment. Dysfunction in this process has been linked to neuropsychiatric disorders in humans such as autism. Another interest in the lab is to identify molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that contribute to medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain tumors in the cerebellum.
The Chiang lab is interested in how neurochemically distinct neurons are generated and how they contribute to associative motor learning, a process whereby the cerebellum learns an association between two sensory stimuli from the environment. Dysfunction in this process has been linked to neuropsychiatric disorders in humans such as autism. Another interest in the lab is to identify molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that contribute to medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain tumors in the cerebellum.
Keywords: Brain , Neurogenesis , motor learning , Autism , tumor , Signaling
Research Area: Cell Signaling , Developmental Neuroscience , Synaptic Function and Neuroendocrinology , Developmental Biology