Neuroscience
The best scientists are often those that don’t limit their interests to a very narrow field of research but those that seek out multiple areas and approaches to inform their own scientific inquiry. The Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) is designed to offer a uniquely interdisciplinary and collaborative graduate school experience, training tomorrow’s neuroscientists in well-funded individual research laboratories supported by numerous institutional state-of-the-art core research facilities. Our PhD trainees carry out cutting-edge, original research and graduate to be leaders in academia, government, industry, and science education. For more information, click here…
Program Faculty
Abbott, Stephen
Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system and the homeostatic control of breathing
Bayliss, Douglas A.
Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons
Beenhakker, Mark P.
Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy
Bloom, George S.
Pathogenic mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
Burnsed, Jennifer C
Pediatrics
Campbell, John
The Neurobiology of Energy Balance
Cang, Jianhua
Mouse Visual System, physiology, functional imaging, genetics, molecular, behavioral, and computational methods
Cliffe, Anna
Herpes Simplex Virus Infection of Neurons
Condron, Barry G.
Regulation and Function Serotonergic Neurons During Development
Cope, Elise
Adult-born neurons, perineuronal nets, and microglia in hippocampal plasticity and behavior in health and disease
Coutinho-Budd, Jaeda
Neuron-glia and glial-glial interactions
Deppmann, Christopher
Elucidating and Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Nervous System Development
Dwyer, Noelle
Neural Development; Cell Division in Neural Stem Cells; Axon Outgrowth and Guidance
Erisir, Alev
Developmental Plasticity and Neuropathology of Synaptic Circuitries.
Evans, Tanya M
Education
Ewald, Sarah
Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics
Eyo, Ukpong Bassey
Neuroscience
Ferris, Heather
Brain metabolism, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease
Flowers, Sarah
Impact of APOE and lipid metabolism on cell function in Alzheimer's disease.
Gaultier, Alban
Exploring new therapeutics avenues to treat Multiple Sclerosis.
Guler, Ali D.
Circadian entrainment for the treatment of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases
Harris, Tajie H.
Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS
Jiang, Lulu
The Pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other dementia-related disorders.
Kapur, Jaideep
Seizures, neuronal excitability and plasticity
Kuan, Alex
Neuroscience
Kucenas, Sarah C.
The role of glia in the development, maintenance and regeneration of the nervous system
Lampe, Kyle
Neural tissue engineering, biomaterials, drug delivery, redox regulation of stem cell fate, engineering cell-interactive microenvironments
Lee, Kevin S.
Neuronal Vulnerability: A Study of Cellular Mechanism
Liu, Jeff Changchia
Neurosurgery
Liu, Xiaorong
Developing novel neuroprotection strategies to preserve vision in glaucoma
Lu, Tsai-Yi
Neuroscience
Lu, Xiaowei
Wnt/PCP signaling in inner ear development Mouse models for human deafness Wnt/PCP signaling in neural tube closure
Lukens, John R.
Understanding How Immunological Pathways Contribute to Neurodegenerative, Neurodevelopmental, Mental and Behavior Disorders
Lunardi, Nadia
Anesthesiology
Lynch, Wendy J.
Behavioral Pharmacology, Sex Differences, Animal Models of Addiction
Mahadevan, Mani S.
Molecular Mechanisms of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
Meliza, C. Daniel
Neural Mechanisms of Pattern Learning and Recognition in the Auditory System
Nieh, Edward Horng-An
Understanding the neural code underlying motivated behaviors like feeding, drinking, and social interaction, with a focus on how malfunction in associated brain areas are involved in diseases like addiction and eating disorders
Patel, Manoj
Understanding the cellular mechanisms by which seizures are initiated in SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy (DEE13) and temporal lobe epilepsy. My lab uses a number of experimental techniques including patch clamp electrophysiology and in vivo seizure monitor
Pelphrey, Kevin Archer
Neurology
Perez-Reyes, Edward
Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using gene therapies. Developing drug-inducible genetic switches for insulin replacement gene therapies.
Petri, William A.
Immune mechanisms of defense against COVID-19 and enteric (diarrheal) infections
Price, Richard J.
Image Guided Drug and Gene Delivery for Neurodegeneration and Cancer; Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy; Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis
Provencio, Ignacio
The Role of Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Photic Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms
Provencio, Javier
Innate Inflammatory Pathways Associated with Acute Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Purow, Benjamin W.
Novel therapeutic approaches to brain cancers and to other neurologic diseases
Ribic, Adema
Assembly and Plasticity of Neural Circuits
Shin, Jung-Bum
Auditory Neurobiology
Siegrist, Sarah
Regulation of neural stem cell proliferation during development and adulthood
Sontheimer, Harald
Role of Glia in Neurological Illnesses and Cancer
Stone, James
Traumatic Brain Injury
Van Horn, John
Neuroscience
Venton, B. Jill
Analytical Neurochemistry; Dopamine and Serotonin Neurotransmission in Drosophila; Mechanisms of rapid adenosine signaling in rodents
Winckler, Bettina
Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.
Wythe, Joshua D
Cardiovascular Development and Cerebrovascular Pathologies
Yates, Paul A.
Development and regulation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and blood vessels as they relate to retinal diseases.
Zeitlin, Scott O.
Mechanisms of Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis
Zong, Hui
Early detection, cancer prevention, and tumor microenvironment
Zunder, Eli
Single Cell Analysis
Zuo, Zhiyi
Neuroscience and Anesthetic Neuroprotection