Jessica Slater Program Manager Jessica joined the Division of Developmental Medicine in 2021 as Program Manager for the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience (LCN). She completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Psychology at Oxford, then spent …

Wenkang 'Winko' An, PhD Winko received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021, under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham. His dissertation work sought to study the neural representation of …

With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study completed its third wave of study visits (age 15 year) and begins the fourth wave, as participants reach 17 years of age. The NIH selected ELGAN, …

  Frontiers in Intraoperative Cardiac Tissue Identification Date:  Friday, May 13, 2022, 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM A first of its kind, virtual conference, presented by experts in the fields of pediatric heart surgery, electrophysiology, cardiac anatomy, and …

  Intraoperative localization of cardiac conduction tissue regions using real-time fibre-optic confocal microscopy: first in human trial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of fibre-optic confocal microscopy (FCM) using …

  Toward detection of conduction tissue during cardiac surgery: Light at the end of the tunnel? Sachse FB, Johnson J, Cottle B, Mondal A, Hitchcock R, Kaza AK. Heart Rhythm. 2020 Dec;17(12):2200-2207. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.07.008. Epub 2020 Jul 10. …

TUBB3 Arg262His causes a recognizable syndrome including CFEOM3, facial palsy, joint contractures, and early onset peripheral neuropathy. Human Genetics 2021 Online before print. View abstract , Read full article Axonal Growth Abnormalities Underlying …

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Oculomotor Circuitry Dr. Whitman’s lab is currently studying development of the brainstem circuitry controlling eye movements through transsynaptic viral tracing. They are also examining whether brainstem circuitry develops abnormally in mouse models of …

Genetic Studies of Strabismus​: Now Recruiting We know that strabismus tends to run in families, but we have not identified any specific genes that cause the most common types of strabismus. The Whitman Lab is currently recruiting patients with strabismus …