Biophysics and Molecular Biology of Ion Channels
Aldrich, Richard
Karl Folkers Chair II in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Professor and Chairman of Neurobiology
Understanding the mechanisms of ion channel function and the role of ion channels in electrical signaling and physiology
Atkinson, Nigel
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
How ion channel gene expression is regulated in Drosophila to produce cells with differing electrical properties
Bajaj, Chandrajit
Professor of Computer Science
Computational modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization of natural and synthetic phenomena
Golding, Nace
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Biophysics of information processing in dendrites
Harris, Adron
M. June and J. Vergil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology, Professor of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, and Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research
The molecular actions of alcohol and related drugs on brain signaling systems and the molecular basis of genetic differences in alcohol susceptibility
Johnston, Daniel
Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Professor of Neurobiology, Director of the Center for Learning & Memory and of the Institute for Neuroscience
Understanding the properties and mechanisms of long-term synaptic potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD), as they relate to aspects of learning and memory.
Mihic, John
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Fellow
Molecular sites of action of drugs of abuse on ligand gated ion channels
Morikawa, Hitoshi
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Neurophysiology of the brain reward circuit and drug addiction
Morrisett, Richard
Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology
The role of amino-acid derived neurotransmitter systems and synaptic transmission during the induction and expression of alcohol-related disorders
Poenie, Martin
Associate Professor of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
How microtubules interact with the synapse and in particular how microtubule motor proteins become anchored there.
Wilcox, Richard
Professor of Molecular Cell and Development
The mechanisms of transmembrane signaling and how cells respond to external stimuli
Zakon, Harold
Professor of Neurobiology
Function, regulation and molecular evolution of voltage-dependent ion channels in electric fish