Professor of biomedical engineering
Cornell University
Alex Kwan is professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University. He is broadly interested in the neurobiology of drugs for treating depression. His work has revealed how ketamine and psychedelics act in the brain to enhance neural plasticity. Kwan supports open science by depositing and sharing data and code for all of the lab’s recent studies.
He has a B.A.Sc. in engineering physics from Simon Fraser University and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Cornell University. Learn more.
Deleting a small region of the MECP2 gene partially restored function in neurons derived from people with Rett-associated variants.
Deleting a small region of the MECP2 gene partially restored function in neurons derived from people with Rett-associated variants.
Her favorite part of research was talking about it. So she left academia and turned that passion into a successful company.
Her favorite part of research was talking about it. So she left academia and turned that passion into a successful company.
Senescence presents differently depending on the cell type, toxic trigger and neighboring cells, two new studies find.
Senescence presents differently depending on the cell type, toxic trigger and neighboring cells, two new studies find.