Adjunct Faculty
Yannick Fotio, Ph.D.
The Hibbs Laboratory studies the mechanisms of ligand-gated ion channel function at the atomic scale, using biochemistry, electrophysiology, and X-ray crystallography.
taekyung.kim@utsouthwestern.edu
The Kim Laboratory studies how sensory stimulation can be accurately translated into cellular and behavioral plasticity through genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. We focus on the role of various types of long non-coding RNAs in brain development and function, and neuronal activity-regulated epigenetic mechanisms underlying cognitive diseases.
The Konopka Laboratory uses a combination of functional genomics, animal and human cellular modeling, and evolutionary comparisons. Her group's goal is to identify genes and molecular pathways that enhance cognitive function in the human brain, and whose dysfunction may play a role in disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.