Cell Biology & Physiology

Research Topics

• Metabolic regulation of synaptic function
• Neurodegeneration and axon injury

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• Optical microscopy in basic and translational neuroscience

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• Signaling mechanisms in cardiovascular and neurological disorders

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• RNA metabolism and gene regulation pathways

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• Glutamate receptors
• Synaptic transmission
• Stem cell differentiation

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• Regulation of neurotransmitter release at individual synapses
• Functional roles of presynaptic processes in synaptic plasticity and information processing

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• Molecular mechanisms of bioactive lipid signaling
• Bioelectricity and regulation of ion channels
• Physiology of the retina
• Fluid flow in the brain
• Neurodegeneration and vision

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• Synaptic function
• Live imaging microscopy
• Advanced computational imaging analysis

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• Structure and function of cation transport proteins
• Molecular biology of the Na, K-ATPase
• Membrane proteins in cultured epithelial cells

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• Ion channel biology, from the molecular basis of channel function to in vivo physiology and disease

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• Understand the biochemical underpinnings of mitochondrial dysfunction in human diseases

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• Novel microscopy approaches and the study of neuronal connections that allow brain cells to communicate

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• Mural Cell (MC) biology during development and disease

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• Epigenetic regulation of phenotypes by propagation of prions in yeast

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• Molecular mechanisms of ion channels and transporters