Lab Members
Orna Issler, PhD
Assistant professor
Neuroscience Institute
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
NYU Langone Health
Dr. Orna Issler earned her BA in Biology and Psychology from Tel-Aviv University in Israel, and her MSc and PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel from the Department of Neurobiology. During her graduate work in the laboratory of Alon Chen, she studied microRNAs in stress, anxiety, and depression. For her post-doctoral training, she joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in the Neuroscience department in the laboratory of Eric Nestler. There she expanded her interests to studying the role of long noncoding RNAs in mood disorders, focusing on sex-specific targets. For her research, Dr. Issler won multiple awards, including the ISPG Gershon Paper of the Year Award, the Leon Levy Fellowship, and the NARSAD Young Investigator Award. Collectively, Dr. Issler's expertise is in studying the role of noncoding RNAs in neuroscience, combining genome-wide assays and gene-to-behavior approaches to achieve real translational impact.
Maya Farzinpour, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Neuroscience Institute
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Maya is a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Langone; she earned her Ph.D. in neurobiology at the University of Science and Technology of China, where she explored how dysregulation of microglia cells encodes maladaptation of GABAergic neurons and promotes the development of anxiety-like behaviors in acute pain. She has recently joined the Issler Lab and is passionate about understanding the role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) in different mood disorders such as stress and depression. Outside the academia, she is an avid skater and enjoys exploring nice food in the city.
Apolline Savarit, MS
Lab Manager
Neuroscience Institute
NYU Langone Health
Apolline Savarit earned her BS in Biology from the Université of Bordeaux in France, and her MS in Neuroscience from the Aix-Marseille Université in France. During her internship at the Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (Aix-Marseille Université), in collaboration with Boarding Ring, she studied the effectiveness of the Seenetic VR® in alleviating motion sickness. For her second graduate internship, she joined the laboratory of Jack Tsao in the Department of Neurology of NYU Langone Health to study phantom phenomena, particularly in spinal cord-injured patients. She pursued in the same laboratory as an Assistant Research Scientist and is now excited to be our lab manager.
Juliette Yang
Volunteer
Neuroscience Institute
NYU Langone Health
Juliette Yang is in her second year at NYU earning a BS in Neural Science and a minor in Math and Computer Science. As a high school student, she volunteered as a counselor for a national teen hotline, dealing with issues from breakups to suicide. She is excited to combine her passions of science and mental health and is grateful to be expanding her education in the Issler Lab.
Megha Rameshkumar
Volunteer
Neuroscience Institute
NYU Langone Health
Megha Rameshkumar is currently a sophomore pursuing a BS in Neural Science and a minor in Global Public Health at NYU. She has previous experience in medical consultation at Rutgers University’s Global Tuberculosis Institute, where she worked directly with physicians and institute staff to improve accessibility and efficiency of TB treatment, particularly among low socioeconomic areas. She is excited to pursue multi-disciplinary research combining neuroscience and mental health.
We are recruiting!
We are looking for motivated and capable team players to join the adventure of setting up the lab!
Available spots for graduate students and post-docs.
Interested applicants email: orna.issler@nyulangone.org