Graduate Student JMLAB Tong was interested in applying engineering ways to improve human health. He started his B.S. study in health science with minor study in electrical engineering from Peking University. Then he finished his study of BME M.Phil. program from HKUST. In this lab, he is interested in figuring out the signal pathways of axon degeneration and neuron death in axotomy model and other neurodegenerative models, respectively. He...

Research Lab Manager JMLAB Amy Strickland got a B.S. in psychobiology from University of Evansville in 1997. She received an M.S. in Criminlogy & Criminal Justice from UMSL in 1999. She is the Milbrandt lab manager. She’s been employed by Washington University Medical School since 1998 and been in the Milbrandt lab since 2002. Amy received the Dean’s Research Support Award 2016. She is the mother of three very active children and...

Research Technician JMLAB Kelli has worked in the Milbrandt lab for 28 years. She does much of the cloning for the lab along with a lot of general lab support. Kelli enjoys hiking, biking, travel and spending time with her...

Ph.D., Professor JMLAB Yo Sasaki was born and raised in Japan. He attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (B.S.) and Gunma University School of Medicine (Ph.D.) and decided to come to U.S. Yo is interested in the mechanism of axon degeneration. Axon degeneration is a common and early step of many neurological disorders and could be a useful therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. Using injury-induced axon degeneration...

Instructor JMLAB Xianrong Mao received a B.S. from Lanzhou University in China, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas for Med Science. His research background is neuroscience, in particular with genetic and metabolic approaches. Currently his focus is identifying the signaling pathways activating SARM1, the central molecule controlling axon degeneration. Mao is investigating how activity SARM1 is activated in response to axon damage. ...