Gareth Howell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bar Harbor, ME
Applies genetics and genomics approaches to study age-related neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and glaucoma.
Bar Harbor, ME
Applies genetics and genomics approaches to study age-related neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and glaucoma.
The Sanger Institute
Ph.D., comparative genome mapping
2002
University of Manchester
B.Sc., molecular biology
1993
The Jackson Laboratory
Assistant Professor
2012-present
The Jackson Laboratory
Research Scientist
2005-2010
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilson/Placzek Lab
2005
The Jackson Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow, Schimenti Lab
2003-2004
The Sanger Institute
Project Leader of Experimental Gene Annotation Group
2000-2002
The Sanger Institute
Research Assistant in the X Chromosome Mapping Group
1993-2000
The Schaffer Prize for Innovative Research
Glaucoma Research Foundation
2013
Barbara and Joseph Cohen Young Investigator Award
2007
Research Highlight
March 16, 2016
Vascularization defects contribute to neuron loss in a mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has announced a grant of $3,567,446 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D., and Harvard University Assistant Professor Beth Stevens, Ph.D., for research in mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease
JAX Laboratory Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D., winner of the 2013 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize from The New York Academy of Medicine.
The Glaucoma Research Foundation has awarded Jackson Laboratory Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D., with the 2013 Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma Research.
Blog Post
July 07, 2016
What ApoE4, healthy behaviors and other variables might mean for Alzheimer's Disease
Research Highlight
February 03, 2016
Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D., received a two-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to more accurately model the role of the human complement cascade for disease research.
Jackson Laboratory researchers have for the first time used gene profiling to detect early brain changes in the hypothalamus and early changes to insulin signaling in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)