Ph.D. in Biomedical Science: Thematic Research Areas
Brain and Behavior
Rashmi Bansal,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience; Ph.D., Central Drug Res. Institute,
1976. The developmental, cellular and molecular biology of
oligodendrocytes (OLs).
Elisa Barbarese,
Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., McGill University.
Developmental neurobiology, myelination, and multiple sclerosis.
John H. Carson, Professor of Molecular,
Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., Reed College, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RNA transport in cells of the
nervous system.
Betty Eipper,
Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, B.S., M.S., Brown University,
Ph.D., Harvard University. Biosynthesis and secretion of peptides by
neurons and endocrine cells.
Paul Epstein,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology. Receptor signal
transduction, second messengers, and protein phosphorylation in control
of cell growth and regulation; purification and regulation of cyclic
nucleotide phosphodiesterases; role of calmodulin in mediating Ca2+-dependent
cell processes.
Marion E. Frank,
Professor of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences; Director, Center for
Neurosciences, Ph.D., Brown University. Gustatory neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, behavior and disorders;
processing of chemosensory information by the nervous system; clinical
testing of oral chemosensory function in humans.
Henry M. Furneaux, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and
Structural Biology; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, Scotland. The
regulation of gene expression at the posttranscriptional level.
Brenton R. Graveley, Associate Professor of Genetics and
Developmental Biology. Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1996. Regulation of
alternative pre-mRNA splicing.
Duck Kim,
Professor of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology, D.Sc., Washington
University, St. Louis. Neurobiology and biophysics of
the auditory system; computational neuroscience of single neurons and
neural systems; experimental otolaryngology (otoacoustic emissions);
biomedical engineering.
Eric S. Levine, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, B.S.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Princeton University.
Synaptic physiology and plasticity, in particular the roles of nerve
growth factors and endogenous cannabinoids in the hippocampus and
cerebral cortex.
James Li, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor. Development
of the central nervous system (CNS), with an emphasis on the mammalian
cerebellum.
Leslie M. Loew,
Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Cornell, 1974. Spectroscopic methods
for measuring spatial and temporal variations in membrane potential;
electric field effects on cell membranes; membrane pores induced by
toxins and antibiotics.
Richard Mains,
Professor of Neuroscience, B.S., M.S. Brown University, Ph.D., Harvard
University. Pituitary; sympathetic neurons; peptides; vesicles; enzymes;
tissue culture; development.
Louise McCullough,
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, M.D, Ph.D.,
University of Connecticut. Basic mechanisms involved in cerebral
ischemia.
D. Kent Morest,
M.D., Professor of Neuroscience. Role of cell and tissue interactions in
the migration and differentiation of neurons; structure and function of
neurons during development and synapse formation.
Douglas L. Oliver,
Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Duke University.
Synaptic organization; Parallel information processing in the central
nervous system; Ionic currents and channel expression and their role in
information processing; Neurocytology, morphology, and cellular
physiology of CNS sensory systems; Biology of hearing and deafness.
Joel S. Pachter, Professor of
Cell Biology; Ph.D., NYU, 1983. Use of laser capture microdissection for
gene profiling of the neurovascular unit in health and disease.
Martin R.
Schiller, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. Ph.D., Utah State
University. Spinal cord injury, neuronal morphology, peptide
neurotransmitters, secretory pathway.
Pramod K.
Srivastava, Professor of Medicine, Ph.D., Center for Cellular &
Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. Heat shock proteins as peptide
chaperones, roles in antigen presentation and applications in
immunotherapy of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders.
Zhao-Wen Wang,
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release; potassium
and calcium channel function; Synaptic localization of potassium
channels.
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