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Neuroscience

BBS PhD Program

Faculty Name and PictureResearch Area(s)
Carolyn Adler in blue shirt

Carolyn Adler

Stem cell biology in planarian flatworms; organ regeneration; transcriptional and cell biological responses to tissue injuries; animal behavior - lab
Richard Cerione looking at the camera wearing a light indigo collared shirt.

Richard A. Cerione

Signal transduction growth factor receptors; protein structure; drug design and chemical biology; signaling cues that direct cell proliferation, differentiation and development - lab
Ruth Collins wearing a black shirt with white stripes and a beaded necklace.

Ruth Collins

Pharmacology; cancer cell biology; small GTPase regulation of intracellular traffic and cellular growth control - lab
Matthew DeLisa in a gray background

Matthew DeLisa

Molecular biotechnology; protein biogenesis and folding pathways; protein engineering - lab
Chun Han smiling at the camera in front of a green background.

Chun Han

mechanisms of dendrite morphogenesis and neurodegeneration using Drosophila sensory neurons as a model system - lab
Gunther Hollopeter smiling at the camera in front of a grey background.

Gunther Hollopeter

Molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking in multicellular systems, in vivo imaging and CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in C. elegans, protein biochemistry and structural biology of clathrin adaptor complexes - lab
Fenghua Hu wearing thin-framed metallic glasses, a knitted gray blazer and a white collared shirt with Black-lined patterns.

Fenghua Hu

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration - lab
Toshi Kawate in a grey background with a blue-lined black windbreaker and black glasses.

Toshi Kawate

Structures and mechanisms of membrane proteins that regulate extracellular signaling
Alex Kwan wearing a checkered collared shirt with a brown background.

Alex Kwan

Use systems neuroscience approaches to measure impact of psychiatric drugs on neural circuits; optical imaging and perturbation experiments to study neural dynamics; exploring methods to image multiple fields of view and at multiple depths - lab
Dr. Dave Lin smiling for the camera in front of a gray background.

David Lin

Axon guidance; neurodevelopment; epilepsy; autism; genomics - lab
Maurine Linder wearing a light pink turtleneck.

Maurine Linder

Regulation of cell signaling by protein lipidation
Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou

Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou

gene-regulatory mechanisms that generate diversity during brain development; probe function of human genetic variants linked to autism - lab
Linda Nowak wearing a black blazer and a navy blue blouse.

Linda Nowak

Neurosciences; cellular physiology; receptor pharmacology; membrane biophysics
Nozomi Nishimura standing in front of a white marble background.

Nozomi Nishimura

vasculature, immune, inflammatory systems and cells native to a tissue interact in disease states - lab
Kimberly O'Brien smiling while standing in front of an off-white background.

Kimberly O'Brien

Calcium metabolism and bone health; control of maternal/fetal nutrient; partitioning and cellular mineral transport; micronutrient status in international settings; development of mass spectrometric methodology; pediatric bone health; pregnancy and mineral metabolism in adolescents - lab
Chris Scaffer smiling at the camera, wearing a suit in front of a marbled background.

Chris B. Schaffer

Advanced optical techniques used to observe and manipulate in vivo biological systems with the goal of developing microscopic scale understanding of normal and disease-state physiological processes - lab
Luis Schang wearing a suit while standing outside.

Luis Schang

Role of cellular protein, lipids, and glycans play in viral infection
Carolyn Sevier wearing a black cardigan and a light blue collared shirt.

Carolyn Sevier

Signaling of cellular oxidative stress; molecular mechanisms used by cellular pathways that sense and signal redox imbalances within the cell - lab
Jennifer Sun wearing a navy blue button-up.

Jennifer Sun

Modern scientific exploration generates rapidly increasing amounts of data, far outpacing our ability for manual analysis. My research develops computer vision & machine learning methods for complex scientific inquiries and workflows that require expert attention. My goal is to enable more effective ways for human experts and machine learning systems to collaborate, in order to expand our understanding of the world around us.-lab
Haiyuan Yu wearing a light blue collared shirt.

Haiyuan Yu

The Yu group performs research in the broad areas of Network Systems Biology. We use integrated computational-experimental systems biology approaches to determine protein interactions and complex structures on the scale of the whole cell. In particular, we focus on protein-protein and gene regulatory networks and seek to understand how such intricate systems evolve and how their perturbations lead to human diseases, especially autism spectrum disorder and cancer.
Gary Whittaker wearing a suit while standing in the CVM Atrium.

Gary R. Whittaker

Entry of viruses into host cells; receptor binding; cleavage-activation of membrane fusion, focusing on structure-function analysis of human and avian - lab
Chris Xu smiling at the camera wearing a lavender collared shirt.

Chris Xu

Biomedical imaging and fiber optics - lab