Meet the PI
Christine Toedebusch, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM, is an Assistant Professor of Surgical & Radiological Sciences at University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Toedebusch is a currently a Paul Calabresi K12 Clinical Oncology Scholar supported by the National Cancer Institute and the UC Davis Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
As a veterinary neurologist and neuroscientist, Dr. Toedebusch has an interest in comparative neuro-immuno-oncology, with a particular focus on the role of microglia in canine and human brain tumors. Her laboratory studies the mechanisms by which microglia support glioma progression.
As a member of the CTSA One Health Alliance (COHA), Dr. Toedebusch also has a strong interest in translational biomarker discovery. To facilitate discovery of novel diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers for a variety of neurological diseases, Dr. Toedebusch implemented and currently directs the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Neurology Fluid Biorepository.
Office: 1410 Tupper Hall
Lab: 1401A Tupper Hall
Office Phone: 530-754-0798
Email: cmtoedebusch@ucdavis.edu
Ryan Toedebusch
Dr. Toedebusch is an associate project scientist. He keeps the lab running smooth and does everything from sterotaxic-mouse brain surgeries to scrubbing glassware and all things in between. Mitochondria are his first scientific love and hands-down the single most important thing to come from bacteria since the divergence from archaea.
Lab Phone: 530 752-0174
Email: rgtoed@ucdavis.edu
Ning-Wei (Nina), Wei
DVM currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship. Nina is working to characterize OLFML3 and its role in glioblastoma.
Daniela Jimenez
Dani is a 3rd year VSTP student on the Ph.D. leg of her graduate school journey. After 2 years of didactic veterinary curriculum, she is working on elucidating the immune-landscape of canine neurology and glioma.
Jennie Furth-Jacobus
3rd year DVM student working on understanding client satisfaction and the interplay with neurology/neurosurgery experiences, among many other projects.
Kulani Simafranca
2nd year DVM student working on spatial transcriptomics on canine brains.
Megan Gragg
3rd year DVM student working on understanding client satisfaction and the interplay with neurology/neurosurgery experiences.
Toedebusch Lab Alumni
Auriele Bastian - 2019 Ingelheim Boehringer Scholar & STAR Student
The role of Olfactomedin-like 3 on mouse brain endothelial cell angiogenesis
Laila Joseph - 2020 STAR Student
The role of microglia-derived Olfactomedin-like 3 on mouse brain endothelial cell angiogenesis
Blaire Consales - 2021 STAR Student
Characterization of microglia in canine brain metastatic melanoma
Lynsey Petersen - 2021 STAR Student
Cerebrospinal fluid proteomic profiling using mass spectrometry for biomarker discovery in canine non-infectious meningoencephalitis
Veterinary Professional Students:
Ori Nagasaka, 2018-2019
Nicole Vinson, 2019-2020