PhD & Postdoc

Maya Patel

Neuroscience · Stanford University

Maya Patel is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Stanford University, supervised by Prof. Thomas Sudhof. Her thesis examines synaptic vesicle trafficking mechanisms disrupted in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease using iPSC-derived neuron models combined with super-resolution microscopy. Nine publications in Neuron and Nature Neuroscience document her findings on APP processing and presynaptic dysfunction. Maya completed a twelve-week translational neuroscience fellowship at Genentech and has filed one provisional patent on a synaptic biomarker assay. She is a recipient of the NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship and has been shortlisted for positions at three neuropharmacology companies. Her work bridges basic synaptic biology with Alzheimer therapeutic development.

Thesis Topic

Synaptic vesicle trafficking mechanisms in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease iPSC models

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