URMC / Labs / MacLean Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorDavid MacLean, Ph.D.Email DavidResearch Interest: Mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptor functionPostdoctoral ScholarsTyler W. McCullock, Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowResearch Interest: Structure and function of ionotropic glutamate receptorsRutambhara Purohit, Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowResearch Interest: Molecular basis for acid-sensing ion channel activation and desensitization.Graduate StudentsAlireza MousaeiCMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Mechanisms of ASIC desensitizationJonathan (Jack) StalloneBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Genetic Code Expansion to Study Auxiliary Protein Roles in AMPA Receptor GatingResearch AssistantsDante HovancikUndergraduate StudentResearch Interest: Recombinant toxin production and ASIC modulation