Home Department: Biomechanical Engineering
Supported by: Anonymous Donor
Mentor: Creed Stary, Anesthesia, Perioperative & Pain Medicine

Astrocytes protect the brain against injury. Ryan will be comparing astrocytes from two regions of the brain—one that is resistant to low blood flow, and one that is vulnerable—to develop new treatments to protect the brain from injury.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 24, 2017:

MicroRNA Regulation of Neuronal Mitochondrial Function During Oxidative Stress

Ryan Buchanan¹, Anand Rao¹, Georgia Kaidonis¹, Xiaoyun Sun¹, Creed Stary¹
[Department of Anesthesia¹, Stanford University]