Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD
Our laboratory seeks to gain mechanistic insight into how interrelated processes - namely DNA repair, chromatin regulation, and transcriptional regulation - affect brain physiology. We investigate mechanisms of chromosomal DNA double-strand break formation and repair in neural stem/progenitor cells and other neural cell types in the contexts of neurodevelopment, neural functioning, cellular diversity, and disease. In the latter context, a major current focus is the elucidation of causes of genome instability and chromosomal rearrangements in neural progenitors that give rise to brain cancers.
4/11/19 Acknowleding and Negotiating the Mentee-Mentor Tensions Inherent in the Research Lab (Mission Bay)
12/19/19 ACRA: Setting Training Expectations for Trainees on the Academic Career Track (1.5 hours)
3/10/20 Promoting Student Mental Health:A Presentation and Discussion (Staff and Faculty)
4/30/20 Mental Health in a Pandemic: Q&A for Faculty
10/20/20 Gathering in Community: a Training for Faculty and Staff