Council Dates: October 2013 - May 2014
Independent Position: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Matthew Weston was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine. His research aimed to provide novel insight into the regulation of synaptic and circuit function by the mTOR signaling network, and identify potential targets for treatment of mTOR-related diseases and establish a rigorous framework to test the effects of other neurological disease-causing genes on neuronal function. He earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Baylor College of Medicine and earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia. Currently, Dr. Weston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine.