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Faculty associated with: Ashok Gopinath, Eric Williams Keywords: Axon guidance (3), Cell and Molecular Neuroscience (23), Development (21), Genetics (9), Mouse (11), Neurogenesis (7), Olfaction (11), Sensorimotor Systems (11) My lab is interested in the development of the mouse olfactory system. How are millions of olfactory sensory neurons in the nose able to find their appropriate targets in the olfactory bulb? We use molecular and genetic tools to understand this process of axon guidance and target recognition. The olfactory system is also one of the few systems that undergo regeneration in the adult animal. Are the same mechanisms and molecules used during regeneration as during development? By understanding this process in the embryo may provide insight into how regeneration is maintained during adulthood. |
Post-Doc associated with: Dave M. Lin Keywords: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience (23), Development (21), Mouse (11), Olfaction (11) My work involves trying to identify molecules and processes in the olfactory epitheleum that affect (i) Axon Guidance (ii) Gene Expression of olfactory receptors Our lab uses the mouse as a model system to understand the biology behind these events. Until now, my research has been limited to the screening of several putative axon guidance molecules (involved in other axon guidance events in other systems), and assaying for odorant receptor expression profiles. The primary means to do this is by RNA in-situ hybridization on serial sections of the nose of mice at various stages. More broadly, I envisage to exploit rapidly developing technologies like DNA micro-array technology, and perhaps some proteomic assays, to understand the role of individual molecules in the context of the several other molecules likely to have a role in these events. |
Faculty Keywords: Behavioral Ecology (2), Birds (4), Development (21), Evolution (5), Fish (12), Mathematical Modeling (14), Neuroethology (24), Vision (11) I work in the area of visual ecology dealing with the question, "why do animals have the color vision systems they do?" The obvious evolutionary requirement is that the visual system be adapted for the visual tasks it must perform in the environment in which the animal lives. Research questions are: 1. What are the physiological characteristics of the visual system? I concentrate on the spectral properties of the photoreceptor cells as these represent the input to the visual system; 2. What is the nature of the photic environment? Measurements of the light available for vision and the optical characteristics of visual targets are measured; and 3. What are the visual tasks that the visual systems seems to be adapted for? This usually requires a knowledge of visual behaviours. Thus, my lab works in all three of these research areas bot here at Cornell, and out in the field. |
Graduate Student Keywords: Aging (6), Cell and Molecular Neuroscience (23), Mouse (11), Neurodegeneration (1), Proteins (3) I am studying the function of MGRN1 and ATRN in mouse brain using proteomic approaches. |
Faculty Keywords: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience (23), Genetics (9), Imaging (8), Ion channel (6), Mouse (11), Neuromodulation (12), Systems Neuroscience (25) My lab works on the molecular processes underlying excitation-contraction coupling in heart and smooth muscle cells. Membrane and intracellular ion channels and associated regulatory programs are functionally examined using genetic, molecular, and biophysical approaches. The laboratory concentrates on gene inactivation and overexpression in transgenic mice and the molecular evaluation of the function of the targeted genes. The laboratory is also involved in the development of new imaging technologies using purpose –designed sensor molecules that provide a unique insight into complex, physiological and pathological interactions between specialized cell types in vivo. These studies are pursued by a diverse and extraordinarily talented group of scientists and students in the laboratory. Also visit my Research/Photo Gallery entry |
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