פרופ’ אינה גייזלר-סלומון – Inna Gaisler-Salomon

Email: igsalomon@psy.haifa.ac.il

Affiliation Faculty / Department: School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences

Academic Background:

BA Biology and music performance, University of California, San Diego.

Direct PhD Psychology, Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Ina Weiner, “Glutamate mechanisms mediating latent inhibition deficits in a rat model of schizophrenia”.

Research Fellow at Sheba Medical Center Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, focusing on epigenetics and its contribution to neurological and psychiatric illness.

PI at the University of Haifa since 2009.

Research Interests: My lab studies the genetic and epigenetic basis of schizophrenia, focusing on cognitive dysfunction and glutamate abnormalities. We are interested in question such as: How does the genetic background and environmental factors interact to create susceptibility to psychiatric illness? How does glutamate release in the hippocampus affect other neurotransmitter systems, e.g., dopamine and endocannabinoids? Can glutamate- based medications reverse behavioral abnormalities in rodent models of schizophrenia- like behavior? In addition, we are interested in the epigenetic mechanisms underlying transgenerational transmission of stress. We have shown that stress can leave its mark on offspring up to 2 generations forward, and have evidence for changes in germ line cells that may be responsible for this phenomenon. We study female rodents, and are particularly interested in stress during adolescence. We use behavioral, molecular, chemogenetic and immunohistochemical tools to address our research questions.

Home Page URL: URL: http://igslab.haifa.ac.il