Keith Baar, Ph.D.

Keith Baar

Professor
195 Briggs Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-3367
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Determining molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological and functional adaptations of muscle to exercise.

Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.

Laura Borodinsky

Professor
Shriners Hospital
Sacramento Campus
916-453-2285
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Electrical activity and nervous system development.

Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.

Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
4134A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-0254
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Computational approaches to reveal mechanisms of excitability in the heart and brain.

Jorge E. Contreras, Ph.D.

Jorge E. Contreras, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
4144 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-2770
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Connexins, pannexins and novel molecules permeable channels in health and disease.

Robert Cudmore, Ph.D.

Robert Cudmore, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Residence
4218 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-6681
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Next generation data analysis pipelines; Neuronal and vascular function.

Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.

Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
4112A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-6195
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Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration.

Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.

Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
4112B Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-0742
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Regulation and modulation of cardiac L-type Ca2+ channels.

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.

Michael Ferns

Professor
Davis Campus
530-754-4973
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Molecular basis of synapse formation in the mammalian nervous system.

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
4138 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-4454
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Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.

Professor
187 Briggs Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-3207
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Proteasomes and troponins in muscle physiology and pathophysiology. Proteomics of troponin related cardiomyopathies.

Theanne Griffith, Ph.D.

Theanne Griffith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
4135 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-2780
e-mail

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of thermosensation.

Mark Huising, Ph.D.

Mark Huising, Ph.D.

Professor
193 Briggs Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-4670
e-mail

Islet Biology and Diabetes, transcriptional control of beta cell differentiation and plasticity of pancreatic islet cell identity.

Yu-Fung Lin, Ph.D.

Yu-Fung Lin

Associate Professor
Sacramento Campus
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Molecular, and cellular physiology of ATP-sensitive potassium channels; Cytoprotection.

Edward Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.

Edward Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
3301C Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1468
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Jon Sack, Ph.D.

Jon Sack, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Vice Chair
4153 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-4131
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Voltage-gated ion channels.

Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D.

Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
4305 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-8836
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CA2+ signaling in cardiac and vascular smooth muscle.

James S. Trimmer, Ph.D.

James S. Trimmer, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
4206 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-6075
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Regulation of neuronal excitability; affinity reagent development and validation.

Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.

Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
4133 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-3932
e-mail

Molecular modeling of ion channels and their modulation by drugs and lipids.

Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.

Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.

Professor
Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience
1544 Newton Court (CNS) 101A
Davis Campus
530-752-8153
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Understanding how drugs of abuse change the brain and to use this information to inform the development of therapeutic interventions to treat and/or prevent drug abuse and its comorbidities of anxiety, and depression.

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.

Professor
4131 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-5298
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Neuronal and cardiac voltage-gated sodium channels; Computational protein design of novel therapeutics; Pain, epilepsy, and cardiac arrhythmias.

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.

Jie Zheng

Professor
4145 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-1241
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Ion channels in cellular signal transduction, structure-function relationship, and the development of novel technologies for membrane protein studies.

Olga Balashova, Ph.D.

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Assistant Project Scientist
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Pablo Gaete, Ph.D.

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Assistant Project Scientist
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Andrew Hamilton, Ph.D.

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Assistant Project Scientist
633 Shriners Hospital,
Sacramento Campus
916‐453‐2294
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Lauren Liets, Ph.D.

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Associate Adjunct Professor
Briggs Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752‐3897
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Pei-Chi Yang, Ph.D.

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Project Scientist
4136/4134 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-754-1554
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Steve Anderson, Ph.D.

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Research Physiologist Emeritus

Fluid and electrolyte transport in heart and brain with special emphasis on Na+K+2Cl cotransport and Na/H and Na/Ca exchange

Peter M. Cala, Ph.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Na/H  Exchanger, isoform 1 (NHE:1) structure and function

Carroll Cross, M.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Microvascular permeability; acute and chronic inflammatory mechanisms in endothelium , genetic mouse models of microvascular permeability regulation, theory and measurement of microvascular permeability and blood to tissue exchange

Barbara Horwitz, Ph.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Genetic, neural, and hormonal regulation of energy balance; alterations with obesity and age

Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Brain microvascular endothelial cell and astrocyte Na transporters in cerebral edema formation during ischemic stroke and diabetic ketoacidosis

John A. Payne, Ph.D.

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Professor Emeritus
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Ion and water homeostasis of neurons and epithelial cells