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Email: saroj.sah@yale.edu
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Education
PhD in Biotechnology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Master of Science in Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Short Biography
I studied the role of obesity in Alzheimer’s disease in a transgenic mouse model under the supervision of Dr. Gyu Hwan Park at Kyungpook National University and Dr. Jung-Hee Jang at Keimyung University in the Republic of Korea. The research interest in Alzheimer’s disease directed me to study further the learning and memory process mechanism that depends on the number and diverse function of synapses in the brain. I joined PhD under Dr. Vladimir Sytnyk at the University of New South Wales, Australia. My study identified that the deficiency of synaptic cell adhesion molecules NCAM2 and NEGR1 affects cognition and behavior in mice by affecting the distribution or numbers of synapses in the brain. To further advance my knowledge in synapse biology and its profound relevance for human health, I have joined the Biederer lab to explore cortical synapse vulnerability and network aberrations in Parkinson’s disease.
