PhD Candidates
Maya Patel
Maya Patel is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Stanford University, supervised by Prof. Thomas Sudhof. Her thesis examines synaptic vesicle trafficking mechanisms disrupted in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease using iPSC-derived neuron models combined with super-resolution microscopy. Nine publications in Neuron and Nature Neuroscience document her findings on APP processing and presynaptic dysfunction. Maya completed a twelve-week translational neuroscience fellowship at Genentech and has filed one provisional patent on a synaptic biomarker assay. She is a recipient of the NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship and has been shortlisted for positions at three neuropharmacology companies. Her work bridges basic synaptic biology with Alzheimer therapeutic development.
Details
- Advisor
- Prof. Thomas Sudhof
- Field
- Neuroscience
- Institution
- Stanford University
- Skills
- iPSC culturesuper-resolution microscopycalcium imagingCRISPR engineeringpatch clamp electrophysiologyflow cytometry
- Thesis
- Synaptic vesicle trafficking mechanisms in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease iPSC models
- Transition Signals
- NIH F31 predoctoral fellowshipGenentech translational neuroscience fellowshipshortlisted by three neuropharmacology companies