Irena Feng
she/her • CV // BUSM MD-PhD • Anatomy & Neurobiology • Roussarie Lab
Hi! I’m an MD-PhD student at Boston University School of Medicine (started August 2021). Prior to this, I obtained my BS/BA in biological chemistry and chemistry at the University of Chicago, graduating in 2019 and working in the interim at the Rockefeller University.
I study Alzheimer’s disease, specifically the neurons in the brain that show the first signs of degeneration: layer II neurons of the entorhinal cortex. My overarching research interests currently lie in the interplay between neurodegeneration and neurodevelopment, approaching this dynamic from a molecular and structural perspective. By exploring these processes as two sides of the same coin in the brain, I want to further study the mechanisms that define how they connect on a broader level to large-scale behaviors.
You can find my CV above and here, and my contact info below!
news
| Sep 15, 2024 | Accepted to the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center as a REC (Research Education Component) Scholar! Received $10,000 funding for a one-year project. |
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| Sep 13, 2022 | Published in Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience - “Molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis” |
| Feb 01, 2022 | Published in Genetics in Medicine - “Variants in ADD1 cause intellectual disability, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and ventriculomegaly in humans” |
| Aug 18, 2021 | Published in Nature - “Chronic social isolation signals starvation and reduces sleep in Drosophila” |