Cochlear culture

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Probing synaptic transmission in culture

Neuroscience

Neuroscience research in Seattle MCB seeks to understand nervous system development, brain function, and neurological diseases at the cellular and molecular level through a combination of molecular, genetic, electrophysiological, computational, and behavioral approaches.

Suggested Courses

Autumn

CONJ 531
Signaling Mechanisms in Excitable Cells

NEURO 504
Biophysics of Nerve, Muscle, and Synapse

MCB 522
The Developmental Basis of Human Disease

winter

CONJ 544
Protein Structure, Modification and Regulation

spring

NEURO 548
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity

NEURO 557, PBIO 557
Ion Channel Gating

UW Medicine pathologist C. Dirk Keene, M.D., points out large grooves in the surface of a brain. Photo by Erik Dinnel / Allen Institute

Connections matter

Seattle is a major hub for studies in Neuroscience.

UW Computational Neuroscience

Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

Bloedel Center for Speech and Hearing

Seattle Childrens’ Neuroscience Institute

UW Neurosciences Institute

Allen Institute for Brain Science

Faculty Area Directors: Jihong Bai, Nicole Liachko

Student Area Directors: Kathryn Powers, Violet Sorrentino

Area Of interest Faculty

Featured Research

Area Directors & Suggested Courses

Faculty Area Directors: Jihong Bai, Nicki Liachko

Student Area Directors: Kathryn Powers, Violet Sorrentino

Suggested Courses: 2021-2022 suggested courses

Lab Openings

Rajan Lab:
All Quarters

Fat's impact on cognition & immunity

Singhvi Lab:
Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

glia, neuron, cell signaling, sensory systems

Bajjalieh Lab:
Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

cell signaling, neuroscience, lipid signaling, synapse

Barria Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

Glutamatergic receptors, synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, Wnt signaling

Grill Lab:
Permanent Position

proteomics, genetics, neuroscience

Furlong Lab:
Spring

Moens Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

zebrafish, genetics, developmental biology, neural development, motor neuron, planar cell polarity, neuroepithelial morphogenesis, neuronal migration, axon guidance.

Daggett Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

computational, protein dynamics, disease, amyloid, protein design, functional amyloid

Dhaka Lab:
Autumn, Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

pain, temperature, dorsal root ganglion, trigeminal ganglion, drug development

Raible (he, him) Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

zebrafish, hair cell, deafness, genetics, crispr

Veesler Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Cryo-electron microscopy, viruses, viral fusion proteins, bacterial secretion systems, ion channels,vaccine design, structure-based drug design

Lein Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

Human brain atlas, single cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, cellular morphology, enhancer, Alzheimer's disease, gene therapy

Gu Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Protein-protein interaction, Protein Barcoding, In Situ Sequencing

De la Iglesia Lab:
Permanent Position

Circadian rhythms, sleep

Bai Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Brain, neuron, synapse, neurotransmitter, endocytosis, exocytosis, C. elegans,

Young Lab:
All Quarters

stem cells, neurons, alzheimer's disease

Talbot Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

neuroscience, immunology, neuroimmunology, host-microbiota interactions, gastroenterology

Neitz Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

retina, vision,

Parrish Lab:
Autumn, Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

Somatosensory neuron development in Drosophila

Kraemer Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheiemer's disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Neurodegeneration, tau, TDP-43, protein aggregation, proteostasis

Bothwell Lab:
Winter

Neurotrophin, Receptor, Motor Neuron, CMT2, receptor tyrosine kinase, ALS, endocytic sorting, neuromuscular junction, primary cilia

Ailion Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

C. elegans, neurobiology, genetics, speciation, neuromodulation, G protein, insulin, diabetes, signal transduction, hybrid incompatibility, mitochondria, selfish genes

Bruchas Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

Neuronal Signaling, GPCRs, Optogenetics, Neural Circuits, Computation, Neuropeptides, RNA, Cellular Imaging, Physiology, Arrestin, Kinases, G-proteins,

Neitz Lab:
Spring

color vision genetics, retinal gene therapy, myopia, spectral tuning, cone photopigment

Pravetoni Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

vaccines, antibodies, biologics, overdose, addiction, translation

Davis Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

GBA, protein aggregation, Parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration

Neumaier Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

serotonin, stress, addiction

Liachko Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Neurodegeneration, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, C. elegans, primary neurons

Pallanck Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Palmiter Lab:
Autumn, Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

agouti-related protein,calcitonin gene-related protein,feeding behavior,drinking,salt appetite,anorexia,reproduction,temperature regulation

Valdmanis Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Gene therapy, MicroRNAs, noncoding RNAs, neurogenetics, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease

Phillips Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

dopamine, nucleus accumbens, striatum, drug addiction, decision making, stress, depression

Promislow Lab:
Autumn, Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

senescence, aging, sexual selection, mating, cost of reproduction, Drosophila, metabolomics, quantitative genetics, theory, systems biology, dogs

Rasmussen Lab:
Winter, Permanent Position

zebrafish, development, regeneration, organogenesis, neurodegeneration, skin

Gordon Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Membrane Biophysics, Ion Channels, Protein Dynamics and Energetics

Ferguson Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

addiction, rat, circuits, heroin, cocaine, reward

Yadav Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Kinase Signaling, Autism

Reh Lab:
Autumn, Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

retina, regeneration, stem cells, reprogramming, ESC, brain, transcription, epigenetics, chromatin

Tuthill Lab:
All Quarters

sensorimotor, mechanosensory, proprioception, touch, computational neuroscience, 2-photon, electrophysiology, drosophila, ventral nerve cord, neural circuits, whole-cell patch-clamp, walking

Zagotta Lab:
Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

Ion channels, electrophysiology, fluorescence spectroscopy, FRET, X-ray crystallography, protein structure

News & Events

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Cochlear culture

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