Cheryl Shoubridge
University of Adelaide, Australia
Biography
Cheryl Shoubridge is an Associate Professor of Human Genetics with a research focus on investigating the molecular pathogenesis underpinning genetic causes of intellectual disability and seizures. Her research utilizes numerous experimental models relevant to the associated clinical phenotypes, including rodent models, primary neurons in culture through to clinical specimens. Currently, she is working in the pre-clinical setting on identifying and validating treatments to improve disease outcomes. Her expertise in genetics, neuroscience and molecular biology underpin her more recent focus on investigating the pathogenic mechanisms contributing to disease outcomes of intellectual disability and seizures due to deficits in synaptic plasticity.