Dr. Herron has been a co-author with Prechter Bipolar Research Program faculty on seminal work that described the first bipolar patient-specific stem cell lines and neurons generated for in vitro study. Importantly, that work showed the importance of calcium channel gene mutations and expression in the genetic basis for bipolar depression. Currently, Dr. Herron is creating a bipolar patient “heart in a dish” to study the role that calcium channel gene mutations play in cardiovascular health.