Graduate Training in Neuroscience
University of Washington
Luis Santana
santana@uw.edu 206-543-0986
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Research in our laboratory focuses on cardiac and vascular smooth muscle. We are particularly interested in determining how cell-wide (or global) and local changes in Ca2+ modulate the function of these cells. To investigate this we combine a series of state-of-the-art techniques including patch-clamp electrophysiology, molecular biology, cell biology, confocal and two-photon microscopy.