Neuroscience
* = Faculty not currently available to mentor students.
Valerie Bolivar Genetics of complex behaviors (e.g., learning and memory, anxiety) in the mouse. Development of mouse models of autism.more info bolivar@wadsworth.org
David Carpenter Neurotoxicity of metals (Pb, Hg) and PCBs using electrophysiological and flow cytometric techniques. more info carpent@uamail.albany.edu
Matthew Hynd
Neurotechnology research and development; Implantable neural prosthetic devices for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases mrh03@health.state.ny.us
Xinxin Ding Function and regulation of xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochromes P450 and implications in human toxicology. more info xding@wadsworth.org
Derek Symula Chemical mutagenesis in mouse embryonic stem cells; microarray-based transcriptional profiling to discover and characterize genes involved in heart disease.more info symula@wadsworth.org
Adjunct faculty:
Kristen Bernard
Pathogenesis of arboviruses
Jonathan Carp Synaptic and neuronal plasticity in the spinal cord. carpj@wadsworth.org
Richard Keller
Mechanisms of stroke damage in neonates; role of glutamate and freeradicals in neonatal tissue tissue damage produced by ischemia. more info kellerr@mail.amc.edu
Norman Strominger CNS mechanisms of the area postrema which mediate emesis. Slice studies of spinal cord motoneurons and of brain motor centers. astrominger@pol.net
Sally Temple Nervous system stem cells, CNS development, and use of stem cells inneurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injury. more info SallyTemple@nynsci.org
