Michael Bonaguidi, Robert Chow and Jonathan Russin receive Broad Innovation Award

Newborn astroglia
Newborn astroglia (green) in brain tissue from human epilepsy patients (Image by Aswathy Ammothumkandy/ Bonaguidi Lab)

The Broad Innovation Award is bringing together three collaborators at USC: Michael Bonaguidi; Robert Chow, a professor of physiology and neuroscience, and biomedical engineering; and Jonathan Russin, an assistant professor of neurological surgery and associate surgical director for the USC Neurorestoration Center. Their project focuses on finding new approaches to treating epilepsy by studying neural cells called astroglia. These cells perform a variety of key functions that support the health of neurons in the brain, and they may also play a role in modulating epileptic seizures.

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