Oksana Berezovska, PhD, uses novel fluorescence microscopy approaches, and conventional cell biology and biochemistry approaches to study molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease.
- Lab Phone: 617-726-7478
- Berezovska Lab - Presenilin Group, Alzheimer Research Unit
Biography
Affiliations
Research Investigator Profile
Oksana Berezovska, PhD
- Associate Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School - Assistant in Neuroscience,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Research Description
Our research goal is to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. An increase in A beta 42/40 ratio has been implicated in AD pathogenesis. We focus on the analysis of gamma-secretase and APP interactions, and examine mechanisms by which various genetic and pharmacological factors modulate A beta production and/or regulate the precision of APP cleavage by gamma-secretase that leads to a change in A beta 42/40 ratio.
My laboratory employs state-of-the-art molecular imaging approaches (e.g. FRET, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy) to monitor the conformational changes of a single molecule, or molecular complexes, in different subcellular compartments in intact and/or live cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Novel fluorescence microscopy approaches (e.g., Bi-molecular Fluorescence Complementation, photoactivatable GFP) are complemented by conventional cell biology, and biochemistry approaches, to study molecular mechanisms of AD and to identify potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
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| Research interests | Alzheimer's, Amyloid beta, presenilin/gamma-secretase, subcellular trafficking, A beta and synaptic dysfunction |
| Research techniques | Cellular and Molecular biology techniques, cell culture, biochemistry, histology, microscopy/imaging |
| Diseases studied | Alzheimer's disease |
| Selected publications |
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| NCBI PubMed link | NCBI PubMed Publications and NCBI PubMed publications (aka Oksana Berezovskaya, PhD) |
| E-mail address | berezovskaja@helix.mgh.harvard.edu |
| Lab mailing address | MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease 114 16th Street, Room 2850 Charlestown, MA 02129 |
Updated 7/11/2012
