Alysson Muotri

Alysson Muotri
Alma mater
EmployersUniversity of California in San Diego
StatusIn training[2]
Occupationbiologist
Space career
Commercial astronaut
Selection2023[1]
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, neurosciences
ThesisModulação da expressão do gene de reparo de DNA XPA por meio de vetores genéticos em células humanas (2001)
Doctoral advisorCarlos Frederico Martins Menck
Websitemuotri.ucsd.edu

Alysson Renato Muotri is a Brazilian researcher from the University of California (UCSD), United States, where he has been working since 2008. He is also the director of the Stem-Cell Program of the UCSD.[3] He's research is about the frontier themes on genetics and neuroscience, like the development of the human nervous system using brain organoids developed from stem cells.[4][5] He is currently the Brazilian biologist with the largest number of high impact scientific publications.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference G120230701 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Autismo e minicérebros: as pesquisas do cientista brasileiro que quer ir para a estação espacial". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. ^ "Meet the P.I. - Muotri Lab - UC San Diego Department of Pediatrics". UC San Diego School of Medicine. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  4. ^ Trujillo, Cleber A.; Gao, Richard; Negraes, Priscilla D.; Chaim, Isaac A.; Domissy, Alain; Vandenberghe, Matthieu; Devor, Anna; Yeo, Gene W.; Voytek, Bradley (2018-06-29). "Nested oscillatory dynamics in cortical organoids model early human brain network development". bioRxiv: 358622. doi:10.1101/358622. S2CID 90412858.
  5. ^ "With tweaks, brains in a dish may yield clear clues to autism | Spectrum | Autism Research News". Spectrum | Autism Research News. 2017-03-21.
  6. ^ "Alysson Muotri's Bibliography". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-30.