Background
Titles
- Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
Neurodegenerative diseases; human iPSC models; CRISPR ...read more
Xia Feng, Ph.D., M.S.
Education
Degrees
- Ph.D.; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Maryland) (2014)
- M.S.; University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth) (2007)
Research & Publications
Research Summary
My research interests focus on the Huntington disease and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, two CAG repeat expansion disorders. We use human iPSC models to investigate molecular mechanisms underlying both diseases and to discover novel therapeutics. We perform genome editing using the CRISPR-Cas9 system to make isogenic iPSC lines by manipulating the gene of interest and to conduct gene knockout as well as large DNA-fragment knockin.
Contact for Research Inquiries
Office
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287 map