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
Scott Baraban, PhD
Research Summary: Neurobiology of Epilepsy
Research Areas: 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
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
Ryan Corces, PhD
Research Summary: Functional epigenomics in neurodegenerative diseases
Research Areas: 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
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
Felice Dunn, PhD
Research Summary: Anatomy and function of retinal circuits under normal and disease states
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Developmental Neuroscience
Robert Edwards, MD
Research Summary: The Synaptic Basis of Behavior
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, 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
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Memory
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational 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
Stephen Hauser, MD
Research Summary: Neurogenetics and Neuroimmunology of Demyelinating Diseases
Research Areas: Nervous System Disease
Jonathan Horton, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Structural Basis of Amblyopia and Strabismus
Research Areas: 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
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
Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural, molecular, and genetic mechanisms of social attachment throughout development and in disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
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
Alexandra Nelson, MD, PhD
Research Summary: The cellular and circuit mechanisms of movement disorders
Research Areas: Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Michael Oldham, PhD
Research Summary: The molecular basis of cellular identity in the human brain
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Jorge Palop, PhD
Research Summary: Mechanisms of Network Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease
Research Areas: Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Jeanne Paz, PhD
Research Summary: Neural dynamics and plasticity in Epilepsy and associated cognitive dysfunction
Research Areas: Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
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
Louis Ptacek, MD
Research Summary: Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
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
Bill Seeley, MD
Research Summary: Selective Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Disease
Research Areas: 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
Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Understanding emergent patterns of activity in cortical networks & their relationships to psychiatric disorders
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
David Sretavan, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Axon Injury, Disease, and Novel Paradigms for Therapy
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Philip Starr, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Physiology of movement disorders in humans
Research Areas: Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
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