Valerie Horsley, PhD

Although the skin is richly innervated, how neural inputs shape tissue homeostasis and coordinate repair in this dynamic barrier tissue remains poorly understood. The Horsley laboratory addresses this fundamental question by combining cell and molecular biology, advanced imaging, biophysics, genomics, tissue samples from patients, and mouse genetics.

animal models ;  epigenetics ;  genomics ;  metabolomics ;  stem cell biology ;  multimodal imaging  

aging ;  cellular neuroscience ;  computational biology ;  development ;  immunology ;  neurons ;  pain ;  sensory systems  

Valerie Horsley received her BS in Biology from Furman University and her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Emory University. She completed her postdoctoral training with Elaine Fuchs at The Rockefeller University. Valerie started her lab at Yale in 2009 to explore how cells work together to regulate skin homeostasis and repair. More than anything, she values learning and enjoys lifting heavy weights.