My laboratory focuses on the mechanisms underlying regulation of aging on neurogenesis after stroke. Specifically, I will explore the roles of molecular pathways in neurogenesis during aging and in the aged brain after stroke. I am also interested in whether damaged brain tissue in the chronic phase after stroke can be repaired through a stem cell-based tissue engineering approach. In addition, I investigate whether hippocampal neurogenesis contributes to the neuropathology and cognitive impairment of Alzheimer's disease and whether modulating this process could provide a mechanistic and therapeutic approach to the disease.