Susan Ackerman (neuroscientist)

Susan L. Ackerman
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Chico, University of California, Los Angeles
Known forUNC5C, Harlequin mice
Scientific career
Fieldsneuroscience, genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego, The Jackson Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts University, University of Maine, Orono

Susan L. Ackerman is an American neuroscientist and geneticist. Her work has highlighted some of the genetic and biochemical factors that are involved in the development of the central nervous system and age-related neurodegeneration.[1] Her research is aimed at helping scientists understand what causes several types of neurodegeneration in mammals. This research, and others' like it, may lead to cures for neurodegenerative diseases. Ackerman is a professor at University of California San Diego. She was formerly a professor at the Jackson Laboratory and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Maine, Orono. Ackerman was an associate geneticist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

  1. ^ "About Susan L. Ackerman, Ph.D." The Jackson Laboratory. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
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