| Trainer |
Graduate Training Program(s) |
Richard A. Anderson, Prof.
Pharmacology | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| raanders@wisc.edu |
| Cellular and molecular signal transduction mechanisms |
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Michele Basso, Assoc. Prof.
Physiology | Neuroscience, Physiology, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| michele@physiology.wisc.edu |
| The neural basis of higher order processes or cognition; investigates neural processes leading up to the execution of eye movements that lead to rapid changes in the line of sight - saccades. |
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Ruth M. Benca, Prof.
Psychiatry | Neuroscience |
| rbenca@med.wisc.edu |
| Acute effects of light on sleep and temperature in rats |
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Edwin R. Chapman, Prof.
Physiology | Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology |
| chapman@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms that underlie neuronal exocytosis |
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Cynthia M. Czajkowski, Prof.
Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology |
| czajkowski@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Structure, Function and Regulation of GABA-A Receptors |
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Richard J. Davidson, Prof.
Psychology | Neuroscience |
| rjdavids@wisc.edu |
| Human cognitive and affective neuroscience; Functional neuroimaging |
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Timothy M. Gomez, Assoc. Prof.
Anatomy | Neuroscience |
| tmgomez@wisc.edu |
| Regulation of Axon Guidance and Cytoskeletal Dynamics by Intracellular Signaling
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Mary C. Halloran, Assoc. Prof.
Zoology, Anatomy | Genetics, Neuroscience |
| mchalloran@wisc.edu |
| Axon guidance mechanisms in zebrafish neural development |
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Jeffrey A. Johnson, Assoc. Prof.
Pharmacy | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| jajohnson@pharmacy.wisc.edu |
| Molecular Neuropharmacology/Neurotoxicology: Oxidative stress |
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Ronald Kalil, Prof.
Neuroscience | Neuroscience |
| rekalil@wisc.edu |
| Adult neurogenesis, transplantation of embryonic neural progenitor cells to the injured adult brain |
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Ned H. Kalin, Prof.
Psychiatry | Neuroscience |
| nkalin@wisc.edu |
| Brain mechanisms mediating fear-related behavioral and hormonal responses |
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John S. Kuo, Asst. Prof.
Neurological Surgery | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience |
| j.kuo@neurosurg.wisc.edu |
| Molecular biology of normal and tumor-derived neural stem cells |
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Garet P. Lahvis, Asst. Prof.
Surgery | Cancer Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| lahvis@surgery.wisc.edu |
| Environmental and genetic controls of vascular resolution in neonatal mice
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James S. Malter, Prof.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| jsmalter@wisc.edu |
| Study of post-transcriptional gene control in the brain and immune system |
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Thomas F. Martin, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience |
| tfmartin@wisc.edu |
| Mechanisms of hormone action; signal transduction and second messengers; regulation of hormone and neurotransmitter secretion; inositol phospholipid biochemistry |
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Beth Meyerand, Assoc. Prof.
Medical Physics | Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Medical Physics, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| memeyerand@wisc.edu |
| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the human brain |
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Gordon S. Mitchell, Prof.
Comparative Biosciences | Neuroscience, Comparitive Biomedical Sciences |
| mitchell@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu |
| Neuroplasticity in respiratory motor control |
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Donata Oertel, Prof.
Physiology | Neuroscience, Physiology |
| oertel@physiology.wisc.edu |
| The Role of the Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei in Hearing |
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Robert A. Pearce, Prof.
Anesthesiology | Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| rapearce@wisc.edu |
| Effects of volatile anesthetics on inhibitory synaptic transmission |
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Bradley R. Postle, Assoc. Prof.
Psychology, Psychiatry | Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| postle@wisc.edu |
| Cognitive and neural bases of working memory and nondeclarative memory |
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Gail A. Robertson, Prof.
Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| robertson@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms of membrane excitability and arrhythmia in the human heart |
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Arnold E. Ruoho, Prof.
Pharmacology | Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| aeruoho@wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms which underlie neurotransmitter release and receptor activation |
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Thomas P. Sutula, Prof.
Neurology | Neuroscience |
| sutula@neurology.wisc.edu |
| Hippocampal Plasticity in Development, Memory, and Epilepsy |
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Clive S. Svendsen, Prof.
Anatomy | Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| svendsen@waisman.wisc.edu |
| Biology of neural stem cells |
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James A. Thomson, Prof.
Anatomy, Biotechnology Center | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Neuroscience |
| thomson@primate.wisc.edu |
| Differentiation of human and rhesus monkey embryonic stem cells |
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Giulio Tononi, Prof.
Psychiatry | Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| gtononi@wisc.edu |
| Mmechanisms and functions of sleep and the neural substrates of consciousness |
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Jerry Yin, Prof.
Genetics | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience |
| jcyin@wisc.edu |
| Molecular genetics of learning and memory formation in Drosophila and mice (molecular neurobiology, nervous system function and dysfunction) |
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Su-Chun Zhang, Prof.
Anatomy, Neurology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| zhang@waisman.wisc.edu |
| Embryonic stem cells and neural differentiation |
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Lea Ziskind-Cohaim, Prof.
Physiology | Neuroscience, Physiology |
| lconhaim@macc.wisc.edu |
| Mechanisms of synaptic transmission in the developing spinal cord |
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