UW Medicine

Rachel Knopp

Rachel Knopp

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Postdoctoral Fellow
rachel.knopp(at)comcast.net

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Dr. Knopp is a postdoctoral researcher working under Dr. William (Bill) Banks and Dr. Michelle (Shelly) Erickson. Her research focuses on blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction during normal aging and in age-related diseases. Dr. Knopp’s main projects include 1) evaluating the age-specific effects of senolytic treatment to protect against BBB-dysfunction; and 2) characterizing the response of young vs. aged human serum on an iPSC BBB model.