MGH Appointment: Geneticist, Neurology; Geneticist, Children's Service; Director, Molecular Neurogenetics Unit
HMS Appointment: Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics
MGH Address: CNY 6, room #6214
MGH Phone Number: (617) 726-5724
E-Mail Address: gusella@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Fax Number: (617) 726-5735
Undergraduate Education: B.Sc. summa cum Laude, Honours Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Graduate and/or Medical School: M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto ON; Ph.D., Biology, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Residencies and Fellowships:
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Certification by an American Specialty Board:
Primary Specialty: Molecular Genetics
Other Specialties:
Research Interests: Huntington's Disease, Neurofibromatosis I and II, Dysautonomia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurogenetics.
Clinical Interests: Representative Publications:
1) Green T, Heinemann SF, Gusella JF, Molecular neurobiology and genetics: investigation of neural function and dysfunction. Neuron 1998; 20:427-444.
2) Gusella JF, Ramesh V, MacCollin M, Jacoby LB. Merlin: the neurofibromatosis 2 tumor suppressor. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999;1423:M29-36.
3) Gusella JR, et al. The genetic defect causing Huntington's disease: repeated in other contexts? Mol Med 1997; 3:238-246.
4) The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group: A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes. Cell, 1993; 72:971-983.