Students

First-Year Graduate Students and CMPP Program Directors


Wojtovich Lab
Research Interest:
Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiology

Haber Lab
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Rodent and primate cross-species investigation of myelin maturation patterns during postnatal development. Investigating the effects induced by early exposure to amphetamine.

Small Lab
Research Interest:
Determining the exercise-Induced cardioprotective benefits of the Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress response in cardiac fibroblasts

Falsetta Lab
Research Interest:
Intersection of inflammation, lipid dysregulation, and nociception in localized provoked vulvodynia

Glading Lab
Lueck Lab
Research Interest:
Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs

Fogaça Lab
Research Interest:
Neuronal subtype-specific effects of α5-GABAAR NAMs in the ventral hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex circuit

Bidlack Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating structural determinants for and consequences of G
protein subtype biased signaling at the mu opioid receptor



Dirksen Lab
Research Interest:
Pathophysiology and treatment of malignant hyperthermia and environmental heat stroke

Nedergaard Lab
Research Interest:
Cerebral blood flow regulation mechanism and its contribution to the CSF dynamics

Meeks Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the Cellular and Network Substrates of Chemosensation-mediated Social Learning

Eliseev Lab
Research Interest:
Skeletal stem cells. Crosstalk of energy metabolism, cell differentiation, and senescence


Yule Lab
Research Interest:
ATP binding sites in Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (InsP3R)

Small Lab
Research Interest:
The role of small proline-rich protein 2b (Sprr2b) in the regulation of protein stability, fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis.


Morrell Lab
Research Interest:
Myb regulation of megakaryocyte immune differentiation






Berk Lab
Research Interest:
Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system

Yule Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the interplay between lysosomal and ER Ca2+ channels



O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Uncovering tau pathology from the context of neuroinflammation in AD brains


Morrell Lab
Research Interest:
Regulation of Mks differentiation, migration and tissue maintenance

Lueck Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
Research Interest:
Immobilization of transgenic plant cells towards bioprinting for production of a recombinant biodefense agent

Orlandi Lab
Research Interest:
Orphan GPCR GPR156 Functional Interactome Studies





