Rachel Bandler, MD, PhD
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As an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I majored in Chemistry and minored in Biology and Political Science. At MIT, I worked in Ed Boyden’s lab and used optogenetics approaches to silence epileptic seizures. I then joined the MD/PhD program at NYU, completing my thesis in Gord Fishell’s lab using single-cell genomics and lineage tracing approaches to study cortical interneuron development. Going forward, I hope to apply basic neuroscience research tools to better understand and treat neuropsychiatric illnesses. I am particularly interested in disorders with a developmental origin, including autism and schizophrenia. I am very excited to join the NRTP at Yale for residency, where I plan to continue my research on fetal brain development.
Education & Training
- PhD
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- MD
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- BS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry (2013)
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Publications Timeline
Publications
2024
DNA mismatch and damage patterns revealed by single-molecule sequencing.
Liu MH, Costa BM, Bianchini EC, Choi U, Bandler RC, Lassen E, Grońska-Pęski M, Schwing A, Murphy ZR, Rosenkjær D, Picciotto S, Bianchi V, Stengs L, Edwards M, Nunes NM, Loh CA, Truong TK, Brand RE, Pastinen T, Wagner JR, Skytte AB, Tabori U, Shoag JE, Evrony GD. DNA mismatch and damage patterns revealed by single-molecule sequencing. Nature 2024, 630: 752-761. PMID: 38867045, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07532-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Deciphering inhibitory neuron development: The paths to diversity.
Bandler RC, Mayer C. Deciphering inhibitory neuron development: The paths to diversity. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2023, 79: 102691. PMID: 36805715, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102691.Peer-Reviewed Educational Materials
2022
Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity in the mouse brain.
Bandler RC, Vitali I, Delgado RN, Ho MC, Dvoretskova E, Ibarra Molinas JS, Frazel PW, Mohammadkhani M, Machold R, Maedler S, Liddelow SA, Nowakowski TJ, Fishell G, Mayer C. Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity in the mouse brain. Nature 2022, 601: 404-409. PMID: 34912118, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04237-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Genetic and epigenetic coordination of cortical interneuron development.
Allaway KC, Gabitto MI, Wapinski O, Saldi G, Wang CY, Bandler RC, Wu SJ, Bonneau R, Fishell G. Genetic and epigenetic coordination of cortical interneuron development. Nature 2021, 597: 693-697. PMID: 34552240, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03933-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Mining the jewels of the cortex's crowning mystery.
Ibrahim LA, Schuman B, Bandler R, Rudy B, Fishell G. Mining the jewels of the cortex's crowning mystery. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2020, 63: 154-161. PMID: 32480351, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Educational Materials
2018
Developmental diversification of cortical inhibitory interneurons.
Mayer C, Hafemeister C, Bandler RC, Machold R, Batista Brito R, Jaglin X, Allaway K, Butler A, Fishell G, Satija R. Developmental diversification of cortical inhibitory interneurons. Nature 2018, 555: 457-462. PMID: 29513653, DOI: 10.1038/nature25999.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Cortical interneuron specification: the juncture of genes, time and geometry.
Bandler RC, Mayer C, Fishell G. Cortical interneuron specification: the juncture of genes, time and geometry. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2017, 42: 17-24. PMID: 27889625, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Educational Materials
2016
Lineage Is a Poor Predictor of Interneuron Positioning within the Forebrain.
Mayer C, Bandler RC, Fishell G. Lineage Is a Poor Predictor of Interneuron Positioning within the Forebrain. Neuron 2016, 92: 45-51. PMID: 27710788, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.09.035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Clonally Related Forebrain Interneurons Disperse Broadly across Both Functional Areas and Structural Boundaries.
Mayer C, Jaglin XH, Cobbs LV, Bandler RC, Streicher C, Cepko CL, Hippenmeyer S, Fishell G. Clonally Related Forebrain Interneurons Disperse Broadly across Both Functional Areas and Structural Boundaries. Neuron 2015, 87: 989-98. PMID: 26299473, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin
Chuong AS, Miri ML, Busskamp V, Matthews GA, Acker LC, Sørensen AT, Young A, Klapoetke NC, Henninger MA, Kodandaramaiah SB, Ogawa M, Ramanlal SB, Bandler RC, Allen BD, Forest CR, Chow BY, Han X, Lin Y, Tye KM, Roska B, Cardin JA, Boyden ES. Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin. Nature Neuroscience 2014, 17: 1123-1129. PMID: 24997763, PMCID: PMC4184214, DOI: 10.1038/nn.3752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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