Carol Marchetto

Her work focuses on using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients to study the cellular behavior of human neurons in neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Marchetto's work also focuses on human evolution in the context of human brain expansion and neuron development. Her innovative approach uses stem cell models from human and non-human primate species to test hypotheses about the destructive role of specific human cell and molecular signals in development and their potential impact on mental health, which are constructed in our close evolutionary environment.