Faculty & Research
Vollum Director
Vollum Co-Director
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Isabelle Baconguis, Ph.D. | ion channel, sodium channel, channel gating, structural biology, x-ray crystallography, electrophysiology, ion selectivity, channel physiology, membrane protein, protein biochemistry | Baconguis Lab |
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Peter Barr-Gillespie, Ph.D. | hair cells, mechanotransduction, myosin, motors, ion channels, cytoskeleton, pumps and transporters, inner ear, hearing, balance, molecular | Barr-Gillespie Lab |
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Paul Brehm, Ph.D. | cellular neuroscience, zebrafish genetics, imaging, electrophysiology, ion channel function | Brehm Lab |
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Michael Forte, Ph.D. | mitochondria, neurodegeneration, axonal targeting | Forte Lab |
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James Frank, Ph.D. | chemical biology, lipid, endocannabinoid, neural circuits, optical control | Frank Lab |
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Marc Freeman, Ph.D. | neuronal-glial interactions, neuronal circuitry, neurodegeneration, astrocytes, Drosophila genetics | Freeman Lab |
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Richard Goodman, M.D., Ph.D. | metabolic regulation of gene expression, characterization of activity-regulated genes | Goodman Lab |
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Eric Gouaux, Ph.D. | synaptic transmission, chemical synapses, glutamate receptors, neurotransmitter transporters, ligand-gated ion channels, x-ray crystallography, membrane proteins | Gouaux Lab |
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Skyler Jackman, Ph.D. | neurotransmitter release, short-term synaptic plasticity, neural circuits, presynaptic calcium sensors | Jackman Lab |
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Soo-Kyung Lee, Ph.D. | neurodevelopment, spinal cord, motor neuron, neurogenesis, cell fate specification, gene regulation, transcription, microRNA, epigenetics, histone modifiers, molecular mechanism | Lee Lab |
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Gail Mandel, Ph.D. | molecular, neurogenesis, microRNA, transcription, Rett Syndrome, neuronal circuitry, epigenetics, neurodevelopment, neuronal-glial interactions | Mandel Lab |
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Tianyi Mao, Ph.D. | basal ganglia circuit analysis, cortical-subcortical interactions, optogenetics, genetically engineered calcium indicators, two-photon calcium imaging | Mao Lab |
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Kelly Monk, Ph.D. | glial cell biology, neuron-glial interactions, glial-glial interactions, myelination and remyelination, zebrafish | Monk Lab |
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Fred L. Robinson, Ph.D. | phosphoinositide phosphatases, myotubularin, cellular signaling, myelin homeostasis, membrane trafficking and dynamics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neuropathy, axonal degeneration, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease | Robinson Lab |
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Philip J. S. Stork, M.D. | small G proteins, MAP kinase, B-Raf | Stork Lab |
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Laurence Trussell, Ph.D. | synaptic physiology, auditory, hearing, receptors, synapses, neurotransmitters, plasticity | Trussell Lab |
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Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D. | exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles, short and long-term plasticity in the retina and brainstem, electrophysiology of auditory pathway | von Gersdorff Lab |
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Gary L. Westbrook, M.D. | synaptic transmission, glutamate receptors, neurogenesis and hippocampal circuits, olfactory microcircuits, cellular and molecular neuroscience, clinical neurology, epilepsy, regeneration and repair | Westbrook Lab |
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Matt Whorton, Ph.D. | signal transduction, structural biology, membrane proteins, ion channels, transporters, x-ray crystallography, electrophysiology | Whorton Lab |
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John Williams, Ph.D. | opiate desensitization and tolerance, receptor trafficking, dendrodendritic transmission | Williams Lab |
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Kevin Wright, Ph.D. | neurodevelopment, genetics, axon guidance, neuronal migration, synaptogenesis, neural circuitry | Wright Lab |
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Haining Zhong, Ph.D. | chemical synapses, synaptic signaling, protein dynamics, electrophysiology, two-photon microscopy, photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), fluorescence lifetime imaging, FRET, cellular neuroscience | Zhong Lab |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Research Area(s) | |
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John P. Adelman, Ph.D. | potassium channels, Ca2+-activated, structure-function, synaptic transmission and plasticity |
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Wolfhard Almers, Ph.D. | mechanisms of exocytosis and endocytosis, total internal reflection fluorescence, single molecule imaging |
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Craig Jahr, Ph.D. | synaptic transmission, glutamate transport, multivesicular release, electrophysiology, two-photon microscopy |
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Thomas Soderling, Ph.D. | calcium, protein kinases, learning and memory, neuron development |