Sleep and Performance Research Center
Sleep, Development and Autism Spectrum Disorders
LUCIA PEIXOTO, PH.D.
Training
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral training in Neuroscience 2010-2015
- University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Biology 2009
- Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, BS in Biochemistry 2002
Experience
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Training Program in Neurodevelopmental disabilities (Clinical Internship, Center for Autism Research) 2010-2013
Research Scope
The goal of the research in the Peixoto lab is to integrate genomic and molecular biology approaches to understand the role of sleep and learning in normal brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders. In addition, we seek to build and implement tools for reproducible bioinformatics.