Behavioral and Systems Biology

Behavioral and Systems BiologyIn this research focus area, faculty investigate the neurobiology of behavior, pharmacological and environmental effects on the nervous system and behavior, psychiatric disorders, diseases of the nervous system, genomics and genome-wide association studies, neuronal circuitries, epigenetic impacts, and modeling of complex biological processes.

 

Faculty Research Interests

* Indicates faculty currently recruiting graduate students

  • Choogon Lee Ph.D. ***                                          Molecular basis for circadian rhythms.
  • Cathy W Levenson Ph.D.
    Stem cells in Traumatic Brain Injury; reducing damage and improving outcomes.
  • Gregg Stanwood Ph.D. 
    The developmental basis of mental health disorders.
  • Yi Zhou Ph.D. 
    Molecular, biochemical and electrophysiological analysis of neuronal ion channel function.

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