News From the Ramirez Lab

August 2025

Washington Research Foundation awards grant to Ramirez Lab to develop schizophrenia treatment

The Ramirez Lab team received a WRF technology commercialization grant to explore a schizophrenia therapy that targets C4 proteins, identified as predictive of condition’s development.

April 2025

Publication Q&A: Ndufs4 Inactivation in Glutamatergic Neurons Reveals Swallow-Breathing Discoordination in a Leigh Syndrome Model

Findings by Drs. Alyssa Huff and Franck Kalume and colleagues illuminate how swallow and breath go awry and could be corrected in Leigh syndrome.

October 2024

Ones to watch: young neuroscientists on the rise

Nicholas Bush, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Ramirez Lab, was recently featured in Nature Index.

July 2024

Connecting the Genetic Dots in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

Research from Dr. Nino Ramirez and colleagues significantly expands the list of potential gene variants associated with infants’ vulnerability to sudden, unexpected death.

May 2024

Publication Q&A: Brain Researchers Offer Insights into Brainstem Region’s Role in Chronic Low Oxygen Levels, Disrupted Swallow

Continuing earlier work, a Center for Integrative Brain Research team provides new understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying disordered swallow.