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Molecular neurobiologist with 12 years of preclinical research in neuroscience and epigenetics

Profile Summary

Brain development occurs with rapid expansion of neural stem cells. Shaping these into functioning neurons requires a fine-tuned program of gene expression, to ensure the right genes are activated in the right cells at the right time. Specialized enzymes control these programs by placing epigenetic marks on DNA, like conductors annotating sheet music. Sometimes when mutated, the conductors can't write, read, or erase these marks and the code gets scrambled, causing rare developmental disability syndromes. In the lab, I work to uncover gene programs affected by these mutations, to see if targeted postnatal strategies can be developed to rescue cognitive functions in patients. Beyond the lab, I explore ways for scientists to act as non-state actors of diplomacy between industrialized economies and the developing world. By teaching hands-on, participatory STEM workshops in Latin America, I hope to empower the next generation of thinkers toward competitive involvement in an increasingly global world. Developing brains, developing nations. epigenetics, neurobiology, stem cells, aging & longevity, startups, venture capital, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego gcaross1@jhmi.edu @gcarosso

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Epigenetics
• ★ Neuroscience
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Spanish
• ☆ Italian
• ☆ Language Translation

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

graduate student

Johns Hopkins University

- Present

instructor- neuroscience

Clubes de Ciencia Bolivia

January 2017 - Present

Education

PhD

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

- Present

BS

University of California Santa Barbara

- 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

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Shijie C. Zheng, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, Jonathan J. Augustin, Jared Slosberg, Giovanni A. Carosso, Briana Winer, Gloria Shin, Hans T. Bjornsson, Loyal A. Goff, Kasper D. Hansen(2021). Universal prediction of cell cycle position using transfer learning . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Giovanni A. Carosso, Leandros Boukas, Jonathan J. Augustin, Ha Nam Nguyen, Briana L. Winer, Gabrielle H. Cannon, Johanna D. Robertson, Li Zhang, Kasper D. Hansen, Loyal A. Goff, et al.(2018). Precocious neuronal differentiation and disrupted oxygen responses in Kabuki syndrome . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Giovanni A. Carosso, Leonardo M. R. Ferreira, Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji(2019). Scientists as non-state actors of public diplomacy . Nature Human Behaviour. 3. (11). p. 1129--1130. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Giovanni A. Carosso, Leandros Boukas, Jonathan J. Augustin, Ha Nam Nguyen, Briana L. Winer, Gabrielle H. Cannon, Johanna D. Robertson, Li Zhang, Kasper D. Hansen, Loyal A. Goff, et al. (2019). Precocious neuronal differentiation and disrupted oxygen responses in Kabuki syndrome . JCI Insight.

Benjamin, Joel S., et al. "A ketogenic diet rescues hippocampal memory defects in a mouse model of Kabuki syndrome." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.1 (2017): 125-130.

Vanderver, A., Tonduti, D., Bernard, G., Lai, J., Rossi, C., Carosso, G., Quezado, M., Wong, K., Schiffmann, R.(2013). More than hypomyelination in pol-III disorder . Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 72. (1). p. 67-75.

Giovanni Carosso, Geneviève Bernard, Eliane Chouery, Maria Lisa Putorti, Martine Tétreault, Asako Takanohashi, Isabelle Clément, Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, Diana Rodriguez, Valérie Delague, et al.(2012). Mutations of POLR3A Encoding a Catalytic Subunit of RNA Polymerase Pol III Cause a Recessive Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy p415 . The American Journal of Human Genetics. 91. (5). p. 972. Elsevier BV

Osnat M. Ben-Shahar, Karen K. Szumlinski, Kevin D. Lominac, Ami Cohen, Evan Gordon, Kyle L. Ploense, Jeremy DeMartini, Nicholas Bernstein, Nicole M. Rudy, Ahmad N. Nabhan, et al.(2012). Extended access to cocaine self-administration results in reduced glutamate function within the medial prefrontal cortex . Addiction Biology. 17. (4). p. 746â??757. Wiley-Blackwell

Bernard, G., Chouery, E., Putorti, M.L., Tétreault, M., Takanohashi, A., Carosso, G., Clément, I., Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Rodriguez, D., Delague, V., et al.(2012). Erratum: Mutations of POLR3A encoding a catalytic subunit of RNA polymerase pol III cause a recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy p415 (American Journal of Human Genetics (2011) 89 (415-423)) . American Journal of Human Genetics. 91. (5).

Ben-Shahar, O.M., Szumlinski, K.K., Lominac, K.D., Cohen, A., Gordon, E., Ploense, K.L., Demartini, J., Bernstein, N., Rudy, N.M., Nabhan, A.N., et al.(2012). Extended access to cocaine self-administration results in reduced glutamate function within the medial prefrontal cortex . Addiction Biology. 17. (4). p. 746-757.

Giovanni Carosso, Geneviève Bernard, Eliane Chouery, Maria Lisa Putorti, Martine Tétreault, Asako Takanohashi, Isabelle Clément, Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, Diana Rodriguez, Valérie Delague, et al.(2011). Mutations of POLR3A Encoding a Catalytic Subunit of RNA Polymerase Pol III Cause a Recessive Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy . The American Journal of Human Genetics. 89. (3). p. 415â??423. Elsevier BV

Bernard, G., Chouery, E., Putorti, M.L., Tétreault, M., Takanohashi, A., Carosso, G., Clément, I., Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Rodriguez, D., Delague, V., et al.(2011). Mutations of POLR3A encoding a catalytic subunit of RNA polymerase pol III cause a recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy . American Journal of Human Genetics. 89. (3). p. 415-423.