(electricity crackling) (curious instrumental music) - My lab studies the development of different types of neurons within the mouse brain, and these nerve cells or neurons, there are thousands of different types of them within the brain.

I study the development of one kind of neuron that sits in the brain and sends information to the spinal cord.

And by learning about the development of these neurons, we are hoping that we can maybe make them in a dish and transplant them to cure people who are suffering from, for example, Lou Gehrig's Disease or to cure people who have suffered something like spinal cord injury.

(chuckling)