Tabitha: Banks

Banks-Tibbs contributes to understanding the structural underpinnings of synaptic function and neurodevelopmental processes using 3D electron microscopy (EM).

She contributed to studies published in iScience (July 2025) utilizing Volume Electron Microscopy (VEM) to examine human prefrontal cortex tissue. This work helped establish that 3D EM can map key aspects of living synaptic complexes in postmortem human brains. tabitha banks

(Pittsburgh, PA)

Her work includes the development of methodologies for preparing vitrified mammalian cells for in situ cryo-electron tomography . tabitha banks