Research Areas
Cellular and Molecular Physiology MS student Jazz Kaur is mentored by Department Chair Mikhail Pletnikov, MD, PhD.
Members of our department are devoted to addressing difficult problems and advancing knowledge through their research.
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
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
Randall Rasmusson, PhD
- Cellular and molecular properties of cardiac arrhythmia’s and ion channels studied using voltage-clamp techniques and extensive computer modeling
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