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Dr. Michael Bienkowski is an Assistant Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, specializing in Physiology, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on characterizing brain cell types and understanding susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and retinal degenerative diseases. He heads a translational research laboratory at the USC Center for Integrative Connectomics where they employ advanced connectomics and transcriptomics methods to investigate cell type-specific gene expression and connectivity in both rodent and human brain tissues. A major goal of his lab is to construct translational cell type atlases that will guide clinical drug development and improve treatment effectiveness for various progressive stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Bienkowski has published numerous articles in high-impact journals detailing his findings on neural network organization, gene expression in human hippocampal subregions, and the connectivity within mouse brain structures. His work is pivotal in contributing to the understanding of neurobiology and advancing therapeutic interventions for cognitive impairments and related disorders.
Requires general GRE for all graduate degrees.