Alexandra Byrne, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology, is working to identify which genes control how the nervous system responds to injury. Specifically, the Byrne Lab at UMMS is working to identify the genes that prevent injured axons from regenerating due to age or cell type. http://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2017/5/alexandra-byrne-studies-axon-regeneration-in-response-to-nervous-system-injury/