Daniel Vogt,
(PI)
Daniel received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Kentucky and a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. He trained as a postdoc at the Cleveland Clinic and then at the University of California San Francisco, under the guidance of John Rubenstein, before joining Michigan State University. He is interested in how GABAergic cortical interneuron cell fate and function is determined and developing new molecular tools to manipulate and study these interesting cell types.
April Stafford,
(Lab Manager)
April obtained a B.S. from Western Michigan University in 2012 with a concentration in Molecular Biology. She worked for the Van Andel Research Institute for four years in both the Vivarium and the Laboratory of Germline modification and Cryopreservation. In January of 2018 she began working in the Vogt Lab.
Dariangelly Pacheco-Cruz, (Graduate Student)
Dary received her B.S. in Biomedical Sciences and minor in Biotechnology from Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She then participated in the MSU PREP, a postbaccalaureate program that allowed her to do science at MSU for a year before applying to grad school. She rotated in the Vogt lab in Spring 2023 where she is now a graduate student. She wants to dedicate herself to exploring pharmacological approaches to rescue behavioral abnormalities and seizure susceptibility in rodent models that resemble human disease.