Postdoctoral Fellows

Megumi Aita, Ph.D.
Chavkin Lab
Neuropathic pain: behavioral responses and trigeminal anatomical plasticity.

Carlos Balet Sindreu, Ph.D.
Storm Lab
Molecular basis of memory formation.

Jason Berndt, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Nuclear protein interactions during Wnt/beta-catenin dependent transcription activation.

Michael Bruchas, Ph.D.
Chavkin Lab
Opioid-mediated stress responses, opioid pharmacology, signal transduction mechanisms, and mouse behavioral models of addiction and depression.

Jeremy Clark, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Differential encoding of reward prediction errors in ventral and dorsal striatal dopamine release during learning.

Michelle Emrick, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Calcium channel proteomics.

Preston Few, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Regulation of sodium channels and electrical excitability.

Matthew Fuller, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Calcium channel regulation.

Eric Horne, Ph.D.
Stella Lab

Charlotte Hubbert, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Wnts in zebrafish fin regeneration.

Richard James, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Protein-protein interactions of intracellular mediators of non-canonical Wnt signaling.

Xin Jiang, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Regulation of P/Q calcium channels by calcium signaling molecules.

Franck Kalume, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Characterization of Purkinje Cell sodium current in Nav.1.1 knock out mice.

Ti Li, Ph.D.
Zheng Lab
Structural biology of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis pathways.

Ben Major, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Proteomic analysis of the Wnt/b-catenin destruction complex.

Haibin Mao, Ph.D.
Zheng Lab
Determination of the COP9 signalosome structure.

Vicente Martinez, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Dopamine transmission during decision making in health and mental illness.

Poulami Mitra, Ph.D.
Stella Lab

Jennifer Mhyre, Ph.D.
Hague Lab
Functional studies of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).

Enrico Patrucco, Ph.D.
Beavo Lab
Phosphodiesterase 8A (PDE8A) functions in cardiac physiology and functioning.

Jian Payandeh, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab

Stefan Sandberg, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Dopamine transmission in habit formation.

Cristi Stoick-Cooper, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Distinct Wnt signaling pathways have opposing roles in appendage regeneration.

Xu Tan, Ph.D.
Zheng Lab

Vera Voronina, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Wnt signaling in mouse models.

Matthew Wanat, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Actions of corticotropin releasing factor on the mesolimbic dopamine system.

Ingo Willuhn, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Phasic dopamine release during compulsive drug taking.

Hanna Witwicka, Ph.D.
Wang Lab
Identification of MBNL3/CHCR binding partners.

Linghai Yang, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
Mutations in PKA that affect body weight regulation and energy expenditure.

Jia Yao, Ph.D.
Bajjalieh Lab
SV2 transport function and its role in synaptic transmission.

Ruimao Zheng, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
The molecular mechanisms of PKA and related signal pathways of the brain related to obesity.