Dr Thomas Cushion

University position

Research Associate

Departments

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Email

tc621@cam.ac.uk

Home page

http://www.TubulinBiobank.org (personal home page)

Research Themes

Developmental Neuroscience

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Interests

My research focuses on the tubulinopathies, a spectrum of severe neurological disorders caused by mutations in tubulin genes. To investigate the mechanisms of disease, I am using tubulinopathy patient-derived stem cells to generate 2D neuronal cultures and 3D cerebral organoids.

Research Focus

Keywords

None specified

Clinical conditions

Autism

Birth defects

Cerebral Cortex malformations

Childhood disorders

Epilepsy

Genetic disorders

Hydrocephalus

Learning disabilities

Microcephaly

Tubulinopathies

Equipment

Cell culture

Cerebral Organoid Culture

Confocal microscopy

CRISPR/Cas9

Fluorescence microscopy

Immunohistochemistry

Microscopy

Stem Cell Culture

Collaborators

No collaborators listed

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