Primary Faculty

Abbott, Stephen

Neurobiology of cardiovascular and respiratory homeostasis

Barrett, Paula Q.

Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.

Bayliss, Douglas A.

Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons

Beenhakker, Mark P.

Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy

Bland, Michelle

Molecular mechanisms linking inflammation and insulin signaling to control cell growth and metabolism

Bochkis, Irina

Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms underlying metabolic disease

Creutz, Carl E.

Calcium-dependent, membrane-binding proteins and mechanisms of exocytosis

Desai, Bimal N.

Ion channels and Ca2+-signaling in inflammation and immunity

Fox, Todd

Sphingolipids in ocular disease and cancer

Fu, Zheng “John”

Cell signaling of protein kinases in development and disease

Guyenet, Patrice G.

Neural control of blood pressure and respiration

Harris, Thurl E

Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.

Hoehn, Kyle L.

Investigating the origin of insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue

Kester, Mark

Nanotechnologies for targeted drug delivery

Lazo, John S.

The mechanism of action of small molecules and the fundamental biological role of protein tyrosine phosphatases

Leitinger, Norbert

Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes

Lynch, Kevin R.

Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate

Meher, Akshaya

Investigating the role of B cells in aortic aneurysm

Perez-Reyes, Edward

Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using AAV-based gene therapies.

Rosin, Diane L.

Immunological mechanisms of acute kidney injury and progressive kidney disease

Schulman, Ira G.

Regulation of transcription by nuclear hormone receptors, transcriptional control of metabolism, atherosclerosis, Small molecule approaches to drug discovery

Scott, Michael M.

Investigation of the neuronal circuits and epigenetic modifications involved in the control of food intake, impulsivity and novelty seeking behavior

Sharlow, Elizabeth R.

Exploiting chemical biology approaches to understand signaling pathways that are critical for parasite, neuronal and tumor cell viability

Stornetta, Ruth L.

Role of endogenous peptides in control of cardiorespiratory function

Zhu, J. Julius

Neural Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brains