Rebecca Knickmeyer

Rebecca Knickmeyer is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University, affiliated with the Neuroscience Program and Genetics & Genome Sciences Program. Her research focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders, integrating

• Pediatric neuroimaging
• Genomics
• Metagenomics
• Environmental risk factors

to develop interventions for psychiatric conditions.

Her work emphasizes:

• Gut microbiota-brain development interactions
• Genetic variants impacting neurodevelopment
• Sexual differentiation mechanisms in brain disorders
• Turner syndrome neurobiology

Recent publications analyze:

• Microbiome-brain connectivity in infants
• Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms
• Maternal metabolic conditions' neurodevelopmental impacts
• Stress biomarkers in perinatal mental health

with techniques spanning gnotobiotic models to large-scale imaging-genetics datasets.