PhD Program Faculty
Our faculty comprises 103 highly distinguished scientists who have made fundamental discoveries in all areas of neuroscience from molecules to cognition. They have international reputations for excellence in both research and teaching.
Faculty Research Interests: Membrane Excitability Detailed listing
The major research interests of faculty in the Program can be divided into seven research areas/approaches with considerable overlap. Every fundamental area of neuroscience is represented in our faculty. The complementary nature of their expertise and interests creates an unusually rich intellectual community.
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CEL: Cellular (61) CMP: Computational (24) DEV: Developmental (40) EXC: Membrane Excitability (24) | MOL: Molecular (57) NBD: Neurobiology of Disease (58) SYS: Systems/Cognitive (52) ALL: Complete List (103) |
| Name | Interests | Themes |
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| Ben Barres | Neuron-glial interactions in the developing and regenerating CNS | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Paul Buckmaster | Hippocampal circuitry, mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy | CEL, EXC, NBD, SYS |
| Karl Deisseroth | Novel optical tools to probe neural circuits in health and disease | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Ricardo Dolmetsch | Autism, calcium signaling and developmental biology | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| William Gilly | Ion channels in excitable cells; Motor control/behavior in Cephalopods | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Miriam Goodman | Sensory transduction, sensorimotor integration in C. elegans | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Shaul Hestrin | Neocortical Circuits | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| John Huguenard | Oscillations/synchronization of neural networks; epilepsy | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Richard Lewis | Calcium signaling by ion channels and cellular organelles | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Bruce MacIver | Neuropharmacology of CNS depressants and drugs of abuse | CEL, EXC, MOL, SYS |
| Sean Mackey | Systems neuroscience approaches to human pain research | CMP, EXC, NBD, SYS |
| Daniel Madison | Synaptic plasticity and modulation of neuronal excitability. | CEL, EXC, SYS |
| Merritt Maduke | Molecular mechanisms of chloride channels and transporters | EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Robert Malenka | synaptic plasticity | CEL, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Tobias Meyer | Neuronal Signal Transduction | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| David Prince | Altered properties of neurons/synapses in models of epilepsy | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Anthony Ricci | Auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and synaptic transmissio | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL |
| Matthew Scott | Cerebellum development and cancer, neural control of growth | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Carla Shatz | molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent circuit formation | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, SYS |
| Stephen Smith | Assembly and Plasticity of Neural Circuits | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Thomas Sudhof | Formation, function, and dysfunction of synapses | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Stuart Thompson | Signal transduction mechanisms; biophysics of ion channels | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Richard Tsien | Synaptic function, spiking & computation in memory circuits | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| David Yeomans | Pain: differential activation; gene therapy; sodium channels | EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
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