Research in the Bean lab focuses on the neurophysiology of mammalian neurons, with a goal of understanding how firing patterns of different kinds of neurons... Read more about Bruce Bean
We are interested in the mechanisms that direct development and degeneration of the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates. We are focusing our...
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology
Our goal is to understand the role of neural-immune interactions in pain, host defense, and immunity. It is increasingly clear that microbes and immune...
Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science
We are interested in the gating of mechanically sensitive ion channels, which open in response to force on the channel proteins. We study these channels...
Motivational states are the brain's way of matching our behaviors to our needs and capacities: we eat when we're hungry and sleep when we're sleepy—but we...
Every decision and behavior is haunted by uncertainty, introduced by the noisy and ambiguous nature of the world that surrounds us. Despite this, we make...
The step-by-step differentiation of embryonic cells into different types of neurons lays the foundation for our sensory responses, motor commands, and...
Our broad interest is to understand how cell-cell signaling molecules set up spatial pattern, particularly in the formation of neuronal connections. We...
The brain creates memories and expectations through experience interacting with the world around it and decides what it will do with its future given what...
Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology
Our laboratory uses mouse molecular genetics, in vitro signaling approaches, circuit mapping, electrophysiological and behavioral analyses to gain... Read more about David Ginty