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David Weisblat David Weisblat
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
Yang Dan Yang Dan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep
Professor Blackman in the field with sunflowers Benjamin Blackman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
evolution, adaptation, domestication, phenotypic plasticity, flowering time, evo-devo, genomics, plant biology
Richard Kramer Richard H. Kramer
Dept of Neuroscience
Neurons, synaptic transmission, photopharmacology, ion channels, action potentials, optical imaging, vision, learning and memory, retina, neurodegenrative disease(1551)
Hillel Adesnik Hillel Adesnik
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology
Ehud Isacoff Ehud Isacoff
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse
headshot of Michel Maharbiz Michel Maharbiz
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
neural interfaces, bioMEMS, microsystems, MEMS, microsystems for the life sciences
Jose Carmena Jose M. Carmena
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
brain-machine interfaces, neural ensemble computation, neuroprosthetics, sensorimotor learning and control
Megan Martik Megan Martik
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
neural crest gene regulatory network, vertebrate embryonic development, regeneration of tissue
Chunlei Liu inside Stanley Hall Chunlei Liu
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
brain imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, remote neural modulation, biosystems and computational biology, signal processing
headshot of Michael DeWeese Michael DeWeese
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Physics
machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics
Robert Zucker Robert S. Zucker
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
Gerald Westheimer Gerald Westheimer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
headshot of Robert T. Knight Robert Thomas Knight
Dept of Psychology
cognitive neuroscience, language, physiology, memory, attention, psychology, working memory, neuropsychology, human prefrontal cortex, neural mechanisms of cognitive processing, sensory gating, sustained attention, ad novelty detection
headshot of Hedy Kober Hedy Kober
Dept of Psychology
craving, regulation of craving, alcohol and substance use disorder, treatments for substance use and eating disorders, neural and psychological mechanisms of treatment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, meditation
Philip Marcus Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Alex Zettl Alex Zettl
Dept of Physics
physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)
Professor Gronert in Front of a Mass Spectrometer Karsten Gronert
School of Optometry
inflammatory diseases, innate immune responses, lipid mediators, lipidomics, leukocytes, inflammatory resolution, eicosanoids, omega-3 PUFA, Dry Eye, lipxoygenase, cycloooxygenase, resolution pharmacology, neuroprotection, adaptive immunity, glaucoma
Donald Rio Donald Rio
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, neurodegenerative diseases, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Eileen Lacey Eileen A. Lacey
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile
Gary Karpen Gary Karpen
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases
Yue Maria Liu standing outside with greenery in background. Yue Liu
School of Optometry
epidemiology, optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, eye growth, contact lens, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, aberration, bifocal, emmetropization, multifocal, orthokeratology, pediatric vision exam, RGP, clinical trials
Jacob Steinhardt Jacob Steinhardt
Dept of Statistics
artificial intelligence, machine learning
headshot of Robert Tijian wearing a suit Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
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