{"id":24,"date":"2020-12-01T16:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/schaserlab\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:23:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/schaserlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Schaser Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__content\">\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-diagonal-hero__header\">Schaser Research Group<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__subtext\">\n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/schaserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CJ9_7178-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing better ways to diagnose and treat voice and swallowing deficits related to Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Schaser Research Group uses advanced imaging tools and an alpha-synuclein fibril seeding approach to study protein aggregation in a mouse model of Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). We specialize in merging clinical issues, animal behavior, and exploration of pathology in the cranial sensorimotor system to characterize and treat voice, communication, and swallowing deficits in age-related synucleinopathies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"section has-gray-background \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"tagged-header-container tagged-header-container--content-block tagged-header-container-narrow tagged-header-container-gold\">\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">Lab Projects<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project 1: A new approach toward the development of disease-modifying treatments for synuclein-specific neurodegeneration in the cranial sensorimotor system.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This project uses a new transgenic mouse model and the fibril seeding approach to determine the effect of synuclein aggregation in discrete locations of the cranial sensorimotor system on voice and swallowing function. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project 2: A new approach toward the development of cranial sensorimotor assays to diagnose and treat PD-specific swallowing disorders.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a collaborative project to fabricate non-invasive, sensor-based, feeding assays in rodent models to detect subtle and early changes in swallowing function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Department of Speech, Language, &amp; 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