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: Molecular 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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| Katrin Andreasson | Mechanisms of neurodegeneration | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Ben Barres | Neuron-glial interactions in the developing and regenerating CNS | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Helen Blau | Cell fate plasticity, stem cell biology, gene ther, CNS repair | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Anne Brunet | Molecular mechanisms of aging in the nervous system | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Axel Brunger | Molecular mechanism of synaptic neurotransmission | CEL, CMP, MOL, NBD |
| Marion Buckwalter | Neuroinflammation, stroke, functional recovery | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Pak Chan | Mechanisms of cell death in stroke and CNS | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Thomas Clandinin | Genetic approaches to neurodevelopment and behavior | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Luis de Lecea | Molecular biology of sleep and arousal | MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Karl Deisseroth | Novel optical tools to probe neural circuits in health and disease | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Firdaus Dhabhar | Stress effects on immune function: The good, bad, & beautiful | CEL, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Ricardo Dolmetsch | Autism, calcium signaling and developmental biology | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Russell Fernald | How social behavior influences the brain | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Craig Garner | Cellular mechanisms underlying synapse formation in the developing CNS | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Rona Giffard | astrocytes in cerebral ischemia, heat shock proteins | CEL, CMP, DEV, 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 |
| Isabella Graef | signaling and transcription in neural development | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Stefan Heller. | Inner ear development/regeneration, sensory hair cell function, TRPs | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Shaul Hestrin | Neocortical Circuits | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Ting-Ting Huang | The role of oxygen free radicals in oxidative tissue damage and neurod | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| John Huguenard | Oscillations/synchronization of neural networks; epilepsy | CEL, CMP, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| David Kingsley | Molecular basis of vertebrate evolution | CMP, DEV, MOL |
| Brian Kobilka | Structural basis for G protein coupled receptor function | CEL, MOL |
| Ron Kopito | Protein quality control. Molecular genetics and cell biology of neuro | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Richard Lewis | Calcium signaling by ion channels and cellular organelles | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Michael Lin | Signaling pathways regulating protein synthesis in synaptic plasticity | CEL, MOL |
| Frank Longo | Alzheimer's disease, small molecules growth factor ligands | MOL, NBD |
| Bingwei Lu | Neural stem cell biology and neurodegeneration | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Liqun Luo | Development, organization and function of neuronal circuits | CEL, DEV, MOL, SYS |
| Bruce MacIver | Neuropharmacology of CNS depressants and drugs of abuse | CEL, EXC, MOL, SYS |
| Merritt Maduke | Molecular mechanisms of chloride channels and transporters | EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Robert Malenka | synaptic plasticity | CEL, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Susan McConnell | Fate determination and migration in mammalian CNS | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Tobias Meyer | Neuronal Signal Transduction | CEL, EXC, MOL |
| Emmanuel Mignot | Neurobiology and genetics of sleep and narcolepsy | DEV, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Anna Penn | The role of placental factors in brain development | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| David Prince | Altered properties of neurons/synapses in models of epilepsy | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD |
| Thomas Rando | Molecular mechanisms of stem cell fate determination | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Jennifer Raymond | Learning & memory; physiology and molecular mechanisms | CMP, MOL, SYS |
| Richard Reimer | Neurotransmitter synthesis and packaging | CEL, MOL, NBD |
| Anthony Ricci | Auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and synaptic transmissio | CEL, CMP, DEV, EXC, MOL |
| Robert Sapolsky | Neuron death, stress, gene therapy | CEL, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| 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 |
| Kang Shen | moleular mechanisms of circuit assembly at the level of synapse | CEL, DEV, MOL |
| Stephen Smith | Assembly and Plasticity of Neural Circuits | CEL, DEV, EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Raymond Sobel | Neuropathology, neuroimmunology, myelin, multiple sclerosis | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Gary Steinberg | Pathophysiology and treatment of focal and global cerebral ischemia | CEL, MOL, SYS |
| Lawrence Steinman | Genetic basis of autoimmune neural disease | CEL, MOL |
| 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 |
| Marius Wernig | Reprogramming, iPS cells, Neural Stem Cells, Glioblastoma | CEL, DEV, MOL, NBD |
| Jeffrey Wine | Pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis: ion transport | CEL, MOL, NBD, SYS |
| Yanmin Yang | Cytoskeletal function and dysfunction in the nervous system | CEL, MOL |
| David Yeomans | Pain: differential activation; gene therapy; sodium channels | EXC, MOL, NBD, SYS |
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