Synaptic Biology & Small Circuits

Richard Aldrich
Professor and Chair of Neurobiology

Understanding the mechanisms of ion channel function and the role of ion channels in electrical signaling and physiology.

Chandrajit Bajaj
Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization

Computational modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization of natural and synthetic phenomena.

Nace Golding
Associate Professor in Neurobiology

Biophysics of information processing in dendrites.

Kristen Harris
Professor of Neurobiology

Elucidate the structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory.

Jennifer Morgan
Assistant Professor, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology

Neuronal and synaptic actin remodeling during spinal cord regeneration.

Hitoshi Morikawa
Associate Professor in Neurobiology

Neurophysiology of the brain reward circuit and drug addiction.

Jonathan Pierce-Shimomura
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Genetic mechanisms of behavior and neuronal function in C. elegans.

Martin Poenie
Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology

How microtubules interact with the synapse and in particular how microtubule motor proteins become anchored there.

George Pollak
Professor in Neurobiology

Neurophysiology of the auditory system in echolocating bats

Kimberly Raab-Graham
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Characterization of the local translation of synaptic mRNAs in response to neuronal activity.

Jason Shear
Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry

Design and implementation of optical strategies for investigating the chemistry of neurotransmission at the individual synapse.