David J. Gerber

Biography

David is a founding scientist at Galenea. He has more than ten years of experience in CNS research primarily in the areas of psychiatric disease biology, molecular and behavioral neuroscience and mouse molecular genetics. Recently, his research has focused on the genetics of schizophrenia and particularly on the involvement of calcineurin dysfunction in schizophrenia pathogenesis. David received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from MIT in 1987 and a Ph.D. in biology from MIT in 1996. David pursued his postdoctoral research in Dr. Susumu Tonegawa's laboratory at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT prior to joining Galenea in 2004.

Research Interest

Genetics of Schizophrenia, Calcineurin Dysfunction in schizophrenia Pathogenesis, Mathematics, Biology