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Research in the Neuroscience concentration ranges from molecular and
developmental to cellular and systems neuroscience. Neuroscience
labs use a wide variety of approaches such as genetics, molecular biology,
electrophysiology, imaging, and behavioral analyses to answer fundamental
questions about how the brain processes information and uses it to guide
behavior. Areas of particular research strength include sleep and
circadian rhythms, neuroendocrinology, sensory and motor systems, learning
and memory, and neurodegenerative disease. The training in this
concentration is broad and consists of interdisciplinary education through
research, specialized courses in advanced topics, and integration of
several disciplines, and often involves collaborative efforts between
preceptors from various fields. Depending on the specific research
area, outstanding students may be nominated for support by the Training
Grant in Sleep Research.
- Ravi Allada, PhD: Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep
- Thomas Bozza, PhD: Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Olfaction
- Richard Carthew, PhD: Cell differentiation and morphogenesis of Drosophila development
- Jianhua Cang, PhD: Functional Development of Visual Cortex
- Peter Dallos, PhD: Biophysics and neurobiology of the cochlea
- David Ferster, PhD: Mammalian visual cortex
- Carole LaBonne, PhD: Development of the vertebrate neural crest
- Robert A. Linsenmeier, PhD: Retinal microenvironment
- Thomas J. Meade, PhD: Bioinorganic chemistry, biological molecular imaging and electronic biosensors
- Richard I. Morimoto, PhD: Regulation and function of molecular chaperones
- Larry Pinto, PhD: Structure-function relationships of ion channels
- Indira Raman, PhD: Neuronal ion channels and synaptic transmission
- Mark A. Segraves, PhD: Systems and cognitive neuroscience
- Nelson Spruston, PhD: Dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal neurons
- Lonnie Shea, PhD: Regenerative medicine, gene and drug delivery, biomaterials
- Richard B. Silverman, PhD: Medicinal, bioorganic, and enzyme chemistry
- Joseph Takahashi, PhD: Molecular neurobiology and genetics of circadian clocks
- Fred W. Turek, PhD: Sleep and circadian rhythms, seasonal reproductive cycles
- Xiaozhong (Alec) Wang, PhD: Genetic analysis of protocadherin diversity in the central nervous system
- Catherine S. Woolley, PhD: Neuroendocrinology
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