Participating Faculty
Katerina Akassoglou, PhD
Research Summary: Neurovascular Mechanisms of Inflammation and Tissue Repair
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
Research Summary: Birth and Migration of New Neurons
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD
Research Summary: Analysis of Genetic and Neuronal Networks that Regulate Fat Content
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Allan Basbaum, PhD
Research Summary: The Neurobiological Basis of Pain and its Control
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Kevin Bender, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms and Function of Neuromodulation
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Michael Brainard, PhD
Research Summary: Sensorimotor Learning in the Song System
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Daniele Canzio, PhD
Research Summary: The generation of a cell-surface diversity code for neural circuit assembly
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Jonah Chan, PhD
Research Summary: Neuronal/Glial Interactions that Control Myelination
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Grae Davis, PhD
Research Summary: Synapse Formation, Growth, and Plasticity
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Markus Delling, PhD
Research Summary: Calcium signaling in primary cilia during development and diseases
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Xin Duan, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular and Genetic Assembly of Neural Circuits
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Dena Dubal, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms of Neural Resilience in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Robert Edwards, MD
Research Summary: The Synaptic Basis of Behavior
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Pamela England, PhD
Research Summary: Chemical Neurobiology: Ion Channel Structure-Function, Synaptic Plasticity
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology
Steve Finkbeiner, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodegeneration
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Ying-Hui Fu, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular Study of Human Sleep Behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Lisa Gunaydin PhD
Research Summary: Circuit basis of motivated behaviors in psychiatric disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Su Guo, PhD
Research Summary: Stem Cells, Neural Circuitry and Behavior
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Eric Huang, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Transcriptional Programs in Neuronal Survival and Differentiation
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Holly Ingraham, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Basis for Sex-Differences in Metabolism
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Lily Jan, PhD
Research Summary: Potassium Channels and Calcium-activated Chloride Channels
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Yuh Nung Jan, PhD
Research Summary: Neuronal morphogenesis and circuit assembly
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
David Julius, PhD
Research Summary: The Molecular Biology of Nociception and Pain
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Martin Kampmann, PhD
Research Summary: Functional genomics to understand molecular mechanisms of brain function and disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
Research Summary: The molecular basis neurodegenerative diseases
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Anatol Kreitzer, PhD
Research Summary: Synaptic Plasticity and Circuit Function in the Basal Ganglia
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience Nervous System Disease
Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
Research Summary: Understand how molecules, cells, circuits and the physiology of an intact organism work together to produce learned behaviors
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Qili Liu, PhD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of nutrient-specific appetite
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Daniel Minor, PhD
Research Summary: Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Ion Channels and Ion Channel Regulation
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Astrocytes in Neural Circuit Formation and Function
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology
Lennart Mucke, MD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of Diseases Affecting Cognitive Functions
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Mitochondrial Biology in Neurodegenerative Disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Vijay Namboodiri, PhD
Research Summary: Neural circuits for associative learning and decision-making
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Roger Nicoll, MD
Research Summary: The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology
Xianhua Piao, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) in neural development and disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Regulation of cortical development and function in health and disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Kira Poskanzer, PhD
Research Summary: Astrocytic and neuronal function in the cortical microcircuit
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Stanley Prusiner, MD
Research Summary: Molecular Biological, Genetic and Protein Structural Studies of Prion Disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology
Louis Ptacek, MD
Research Summary: Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Dorit Ron, PhD
Research Summary: Signal Transduction, Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Susanna Rosi, PhD
Research Summary: Brain Injury, Neuroinflammation, and Cognitive Function
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
John Rubenstein, MD
Research Summary: Genetic Regulation of Forebrain Development
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Stephan Sanders, PhD
Research Summary: Genomic and bioinformatic approaches to discovering the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders in humans, especially autism spectrum disorder
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Yin Shen, PhD
Research Summary: Utilizing functional genomics approaches to study brain development and diseases
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Seth Shipman, PhD
Research Summary: Synthetic Biology for Neurodevelopment and Circuit Formation
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
David Sretavan, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Axon Injury, Disease, and Novel Paradigms for Therapy
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Matthew State, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Genetics and genomics of developmental neuropsychiatric disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Raymond Swanson, MD
Research Summary: Reactive oxygen species in neuronal signaling and disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Laurence Tecott, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Behavioral Traits
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Saul Villeda, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Rejuvenation
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Susan Voglmaier, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Vesicle Trafficking and Neurotransmitter Release
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Jeremy Willsey, PhD
Research Summary: Genetics and Systems Biological Approaches to Understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Kevin Yackle, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Cellular and Molecular Dissection of the Breathing Rhythm Generator
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Linking Cell Signaling and Membrane Traffic
Research Areas: Addiction, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience