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Ravi Allada
The molecular genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep

 

Joseph Bass
Molecular genetics of body weight regulation, feeding, and metabolism

 

Thomas Bozza
Molecular genetics and physiology of olfaction

 

Jianhua Cang
Functional Development of the Visual System

 

Peter Dallos
Biophysics and neurobiology of the cochlea

 

Albert Farbman (emeritus)
Cellular interactions in neuronal development; cell and developmental biology of olfaction and taste

 

David Ferster
Mammalian visual cortex

 

Robert Holmgren
Cell fate specification during development

 

William Kath
Computational models of neurons and small neuronal networks

 

William Klein
Molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease; signal transduction in brain development

 

Nina Kraus
CNS neurobiology of speech-sound encoding, perception and perceptual learning

 

William Leonard
Biological anthropology, Human biology, adaptability, nutrition & health; South America, Asia

 

Jon Levine
Molecular, cellular, and physiological aspects of peptidergic neuronal function; reproductive neuroendocrinology

 

Robert Linsenmeier
Retinal microenvironment

  Malcolm MacIver
The interplay of biomechanics and the nervous system
 

Kelly Mayo
Gene regulation in the mammalian neuroendocrine system

  David McLean
Development and plasticity of motor networks

 

Thomas Meade
Inorganic coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry and biological molecular imaging

 

Lawrence Pinto
Structure-function relationships of ion channels; genetic neurobiology

 

Indira M. Raman
Ionic mechanisms of neuronal excitability

 

Aryeh Routtenberg
Uncovering the molecular networks in brain synapses that are the substrate of learning and memory

 

Neena Schwartz (emerita)
Dual control of secretion of the gonadotropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland

 

Mark Segraves
Systems and computational neuroscience; cortical control of eye movements in primates

 

Jonathan Siegel
Cochlear physiology and ultrastucture

 

Nelson Spruston, Chair
Synaptic transmission and dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal neurons

 

Joseph S. Takahashi (emeritus)
Molecular neurobiology and genetics of circadian clocks

 

Fred Turek
Circadian and seasonal rhythms in animals

 

Catherine Woolley
Neural plasticity; neuroendocrinology

  Phyllis Zee
Age-related changes of the circadian system and sleep; genetics of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders