James Knopp

James Knopp received his B.A. in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia in 2018. His research focuses on the neurophysiology and pathogenesis of Kabuki syndrome (KS), a rare multisystem disorder caused by mutations in one of two genes, KMT2D (KS Type 1) and UTX (KS Type 2). James utilizes standard molecular biology techniques, confocal microscopy, and patch-clamp electrophysiology to investigate cellular mechanisms using multiple systems of cell culture, including induction of neuronal lineage from human iPSCs and generation of mouse primary neurons.