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Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center

Visiting Scholar Colloquium

The CAN Research Center’s Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series brings together leading professionals and researchers in neurodevelopment and related fields to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and scholarly discussion. Through these engagements, CAN takes pride in building connections and learning from experts whose work advances understanding and research in neurodevelopment.

Featured Scholar: Kimberly Huber, PhD

Visiting December 1st, 2026

Colloquium Talk: "Synaptic mechanisms of sensory cortical circuit dysfunction and sensory processing deficits in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome"

Dr. Kimberly Huber headshot

Dr. Kimberly Huber is a Professor of Neuroscience and a Southwestern Medical Foundation Endowed Scholar in biomedical research at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She also codirects an NIH Collaborative Centers for Fragile X Syndrome Research with Dr. Craig Erickson. 

Research in the Huber lab is focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse and neural circuit development and plasticity as well as the role of genes implicated in human autism and intellectual disability in these processes.  To address these questions her lab utilizes state-of-the-art neurophysiology, imaging, biochemistry and molecular biology techniques in mice.  Her lab has discovered novel molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity as well as new functions and mechanisms for the Fragile X Mental Retardation gene 1 (Fmr1) in cortical synapse development and plasticity. Her work has led to a better understanding of the neurobiology of Fragile X Syndrome and autism as well as identified novel therapeutic strategies. 

Work is the Huber laboratory is supported by grants from the NIH, FRAXA Research Foundation, The Simons Foundation for Autism Research Initiative and The Hartwell Foundation.

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