Stanley Watson Jr

Stanley Watson Jr. is a Research Professor at the Michigan Neuroscience Institute within the University of Michigan. His research focuses on neuroscience, gene expression, and transcription factor dynamics in psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Recent publications highlight his work on:

• Cell-type specific gene expression reductions in interneurons
• Multiomic profiling of transcription factor binding in human brain tissue
• Long-term effects of early life stress on myelin-related gene expression
• Development of brain-specific functional gene set databases (Brain.GMT)

Collaborations with Huda Akil and others have produced high-impact studies in journals like Nature Neuroscience and Genome Research. His work also explores stress resilience mechanisms and environmental enrichment effects using rodent models.