Molecular and Cellular
               Neurobiology Faculty 
                                                                          

Last Name Index (A - Z ) B C D G H K L M P R S T W Z 
Douglas  A.  Bayliss,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in Central Neurons
George  S.  Bloom,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease; Cellular Morphogenesis and Motility
Carl  E.  Creutz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Calcium-dependent, Membrane-binding Proteins and Mechanisms of Exocytosis
Christopher  Deppmann,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Developmental Biology
Felicia  Gaskin,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Research of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Research Interests:
Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune disease, cytoskeletal proteins, microtubule assembly
Patrick  A.  Grant,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Transcription; Chromatin Modifications
Melissa  A.  Henriksen,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, Cancer Stem Cells; Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression, STAT Signaling Pathway.
Alan  F. "Rick"  Horwitz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Synapse Formation and Cell Migration in Normal and Pathobiology-Adhesion, Signaling, Imaging and Proteomics
Isa  M.  Hussaini,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
The Roles of PKC-eta and LRP in Glioblastoma Invasive Growth
Jaideep  Kapur,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Harrison Distinguished Professor of Neurology

Research Interests:
Pathophysiology of Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy; Plasticity of GABAergic Synaptic Transmission
Jonathan  Kipnis,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Neuro-Immune Interactions
Sarah  Kucenas,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Genetic Analysis of Spinal Motor Nerve Development in Vertebrates
Chien  Li,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance and stress, regulation of pancreatic islet hormone secretion and glucose homeostasis.
Kevin  R.  Lynch,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators
Ian  G.  Macara,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Mammary Gland Morphogenesis, Stem Cells, and Breast Cancer; Mechanisms of Cell Polarity; Polarity Proteins as Tumor Suppressors; Protein Methylation.
Mani  S.  Mahadevan,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
Molecular Mechanisms of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
James  W.  Mandell,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Brain Astroglial Activation in Neural Injury
Suzanne  M.  Moenter,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Research Interests:
Understanding How the Central Nervous System Controls Fertility through Study of Gonodotropin-releasing Hormone Neurons
William  Davis  Parker,  Jr.,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Neurology

Research Interests:
The role of electron transport chain defects in the pathogenesis of human neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
Sarah (Sally)  J.  Parsons,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of Src family tyrosine kinases in mitogenesis, tumorigenesis, and neuronal activity.
Manoj  Patel,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Research of Anesthesiology

Research Interests:
Modulation of sodium channel gating by beta subunits and novel sodium channel blockers; Synaptic transmission in dorsal horn neurons
Edward  Perez-Reyes,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Molecular Pharmacology of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels
K.  Kevin  Pfister,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Structure, Function, and Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein: Its Role in Intracellular Microtubule-based Transport, Membrane Bounded Organelle Trafficking, Axonal Transport and Mitosis
Ignacio  Provencio,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
The Role of Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Photic Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms
Benjamin  W.  Purow,  M.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Research Interests:
Examination of the molecule called microRNA-7, which may have therapeutic potential for gliomas.
Prabhakara  P.  Reddi,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
Transcriptional Regulation of Mammalian Spermatogenesis
Margaret  A.  Shupnik,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Research Interests:
Hypothalamic peptide and steroid regulation of pituitary gene transcription; Estrogen action in neuroendocrine and reproductive tissues; Estrogen action in breast cancer
Christine  I.  Thisse,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Patterning of the zebrafish embryo
Slobodan  M.  Todorovic,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Anesthesiology

Research Interests:
Pharmacology and function of T-type (low-voltage-activated, LVA) calcium channels in sensory transmission.
Patricia  A.  Trimmer,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Research of Neurology

Research Interests:
Role of mitochondrial impairment in chronic neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
Jeremy  B.  Tuttle,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Neurodegenerative and Aging Dysfunction at the Cellular Level
Herman  Wijnen,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Molecular basis of circadian behavior in animals
Bettina  Winckler,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Role of adhesion receptors in regulating axon outgrowth in health and disease, axonal trafficking of adhesion receptors, role of endocytosis and endosomal trafficking in axon outgrowth.
Mary  K.  Worden,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Hormonal Modulation of Neuromuscular Function
Scott  O.  Zeitlin,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis
J.  Julius  Zhu,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Mental Retardation