Research Areas
Doctoral student Thamer Alsufayan, left — mentored by Mark D. Parker, PhD — studies sodium bicarbonate cotransporters in the kidney and colon.
Members of our department are devoted to addressing difficult problems and advancing knowledge through their research.
Anthony Auerbach, PhD
- Ligand-gated and synaptic-receptor ion channels
- Molecular kinetics
- Molecular basis of drug action
Mouhamed S. Awayda, PhD
- Renal ion channels
- Structure-function and regulation of epithelial sodium ion channels
Joan S. Baizer, PhD
- Neuroanatomy and physiology of vision
Michael E. Duffey, PhD
- Regulation of gastrointestinal and airway ion channels
- Calcium channel function in gastrointestinal smooth muscle
Jian Feng, PhD
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease
- Stem cell biology
Wilma Hofmann, PhD
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of prostate cancer initiation and progression
Perry M. Hogan, PhD
- Cellular mechanisms of cardiac contractility
- Electrophysiology of cardiac muscle
Randall Hudson, PhD
- Melatonin receptors in circadian rhythm and neuronal firing
Michael J. Morales, PhD
- Molecular biology of cardiac ion channels
Mark Parker, PhD
- Acid and base (bicarbonate) transporters in the kidney and eye
Mikhail Pletnikov, MD, PhD
- Neuron-glia interaction in the pathophysiology of cognitive impairment in neuropsychiatric disorders
Feng Qin, PhD
- Molecular mechanisms of thermal transduction and pain
- Ion channel structural functions
- Fluorescence and cryo-EM imaging
- Computer modeling
Randall Rasmusson, PhD
- Cellular and molecular properties of cardiac arrhythmia’s and ion channels studied using voltage-clamp techniques and extensive computer modeling
Frederick Sachs, PhD
- Cell and molecular mechanisms of mechanical transductions
- Light and atomic force microscopy
- Mathematical modeling
- Software and instrumentation development
Malcolm M. Slaughter, PhD
- Retinal physiology and synaptic neuroscience
Susan B. Udin, PhD
- Development of the neuromuscular junction
Brian Weil, PhD
- Mechanisms of functional and structural cardiac remodeling in heart disease, as well as novel therapeutic approaches to prevent or reverse left ventricular dysfunction caused by myocardial injury
Zhen Yan, PhD
- Synaptic and epigenetic mechanisms for neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases
- Physiological and pathophysiological actions of neuromodulators on ion channels in CNS neurons