Our Research

  • The Chavez Lab is dedicated to building innovative technologies to better understand the molecular basis of neurologic disease with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutics.

    Group photo of five members of the Chavez Lab
  • The Mentis Lab aims to uncover the cellular and neural circuits mechanisms involved in spinal motor control, and how neuronal dysfunction leads to deficits observed in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Group photo of seven members of the Mentis Lab.
  • Our research aims to unravel the molecular basis of neurodegeneration and devise therapeutic strategies to hamper the processes that cause neuronal death, the source of many debilitating disorders.

    Group photo of 11 members of the Przedborski Lab.