Faculty Research Interests

Faculty researchers are listed below, followed by a brief description of his or her research interest. Select a name to learn more.

Jay Gibson, PhD
Development of neocortical circuitry
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Carla Green, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms and how they control metabolism
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Kimberly M. Huber, PhD
Mechanisms of synapse development, plasticity, and circuit function and alterations of these processes in mouse models of mental retardation and autism
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Jane E. Johnson, PhD 
Molecular control of neuronal diversity and balancing progenitor cell maintenance with neuronal differentiation in the vertebrate central nervous system implications for tumor progression in neural and neuroendocrine cancers.
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Ege Kavalali, PhD
Synaptic formation and function
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Tae-Kyung Kim, PhD
Gene expression program in cognitive behavior and disease
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Genevieve Konopka, PhD
Neurodevelopmental signaling pathways involved in cognition and neuropsychiatric disorders; comparative gene expression for insight into human brain evolution
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Helmut J. Krämer, PhD
Genetic dissection of endocytic trafficking in Drosophila
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Weichun Lin, PhD
Developmental neurobiology
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Dean Smith, MD, PhD
Olfactory signal transduction mechanisms; pheromone-induced behavior
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Joe Takahashi, PhD
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Mammalian Circadian Clock System
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Jonathan Terman, PhD
Axon growth and guidance; neuronal connectivity; axon regeneration; actin cytoskeleton; spinal cord injury and degeneration
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Gang Yu, PhD
Biological basis of neurodegeneration
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