Greg Fisher , PhD

Greg Fisher is a shared co-member of the Dr. Or Shemesh laboratory in the neurobiology department at the University of Pittsburgh and the Dr. Bruce Armitage laboratory in the chemistry department of Carnegie Mellon University. He collaborates on projects involving adult brain cultures composed of neurons, glia and microglia. Greg’s research interests focus on the screening selective uptake of nano-reagents in the various brain cells, labeling cells with specific fluorescent markers for live cell imaging, and co-plating labeled cells in an effort to study how they connect to each other (i.e., how synapses and gap junctions form or probe with nanotubes). He hopes to conduct all of these studies from the ground up–starting with mouse brain stem cells and differentiating them into neurons and glia. This strategy provides superior advantages allowing for a more optimized approach.

Greg’s philosophy is based on the simplification of research focusing on consistent, easy, and affordable cultures with superior quality compared to existing methods. This will translate to increased reproducibility and greater potential for automated analysis leading to an expedited research outcome