We're looking for motivated postdocs that are passionate about studying epilepsy and other neurological disorders! Check out our website and come join us in awesome Atlanta! escayglab.com

📢 Epilepsy-linked Focal Cortical Dysplasia is due to somatic mutations in mTOR pathway genes🧬. Our study reveals cellular senescence in mutated neurons & senolytic drug efficacy in reducing seizures in mice🧟‍♀️ DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01634-2.

Thrilled to be co-chairing the inaugural #Alzheimer’s Gordon Research Conferences from June 22-27, 2025. This conference will delve into #AI/#ML, #omics, stat. genetics, fungen, sysbio, #neuroimaging, & other topics. Outstanding lineup of speakers and registration will open soon. Stay tuned!

Hot off the press! We investigated the therapeutic potential of several drugs in our Scn8a R1620L mice and found that carvedilol increased seizure resistance! 🐭🤓 Escayg Lab frontiersin.org/journals/pharm…

And that’s a wrap for the NINDS Genetic Strategies to Treat the Epilepsies meeting! Learned so much and got to see the NIH campus! NINDS

Nasal tau immunotherapy clears intracellular tau pathology and improves cognitive functions in aged tauopathy mice | Science Translational Medicine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Do you need to express Cre in astrocytes? Our GfaABC1D-Cre-4x6T plasmid is now available as a packaged virus from Addgene! blog.addgene.org/new-viral-vect…

We are recruiting a Research Specialist! staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/136818/job The lab is focused on pediatric epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease with the long-term goal of developing better treatments! Check out our new website! thewonglaboratory.com Come join us! 😀

The study, published today in Nature Neuroscience, involved over 3.4 million cells from 84 brains. Donors ranged from those with advanced Alzheimer’s dementia to unimpaired subjects without evidence of AD. #studyBRAIN nature.com/articles/s4159…

WONOEP 2025 tackles the cool topic on "Resilient Brain"!

The Wong lab is recruiting a postdoc and will be at #AES2024 if anyone is interested in meeting! Also looking to fill an entry level lab technician position.

#AES2024 happening now! Come learn about the RAS-MAPK pathway in drug-resistant epilepsy! Room 409A. Lena Nguyen

I met Luigi today at #AES2024! Such a great seizure doggie 🐶😍

Pediatric Research Alliance townhall highlighting great new recruits, including Dr Jennifer Wong in CCNR! 🥳 Jennifer Wong

Thank you all for the support. We are trying to find our way forward and appreciate all your heartfelt notes and Savannah stories. 💜 The memorial will be May 3rd at 10 AM Pacific. And we have set up a memorial reasearch fund for those that have asked. Thank you all who have

Is #cenobamate a good treatment option in #Dravet syndrome? ➡️The most accurate answer might be: it depends. Our group has just published this article in Epilepsia where we show negative results in pediatric patients👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ep…