Laboratories of Training Faculty

All core Pharmacology laboratories (those containing faculty with primary appointments in Pharmacology) are listed on the navigation bar to the right which gives direct access to each laboratory web page.  The following is a partial list of affiliated laboratories and centers that provide opportunities for student laboratory rotation experiences and thesis research. (See the full list of program faculty here.)

Laboratory Name	Description
Biomedical Microdevices and Microenvironments	The lab is focused on the design and engineering of manufacturable, disposable microfluidic systems for low-cost point-of-care molecular diagnostics.
Biomedical Optics Lab	The development of minimally-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic tools based on optical technologies.
Biomimetic Materials Engineering Laboratory	Aims to understand how bioscaffold properties (e.g. structural, mechanical, and chemical) affect vascular smooth muscle cells’ migration and growth
Biomolecular Systems Laboratory	Develops and applies computational/mathematical methods, and high throughput experimental methods, to analyze changes in gene and protein expression profiles of cells in response to various endogenous and exogenous signals.
The Grinstaff Group	Pursues highly interdisciplinary research in the areas of biomedical engineering and macromolecular chemistry.
Hasselmo Laboratory	Understanding neuromodulation and cortical function, using a combination of neurophysiological and behavioral experiments along with computational modeling.
Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience	Research focuses on elucidating the causes and developing treatments for drug addiction using animal models.
Laboratory of Carmela Abraham	Researches Alzheimer’s Disease and normal aging of the brain.
Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology	Interested in the electrophysiological and morphological properties of neocortical neurons in the rodent and primate prefrontal cortex across the lifespan.
Laboratory of Cognitive Neurobiology	To enhance knowledge about hippocampal function, they are pursuing a combination of neuropsychological studies of the nature of memory loss in animals with damage to the hippocampus and related cortical areas, and pursuing electrophysiological recording studies.
Laboratory of Gary B. Kaplan	Utilizes state-of-the-art methods in behavioral neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and neurochemistry to study these signaling pathways and circuitry in addiction.
Laboratory of Hengye Man	Glutamate receptor expression, trafficking and turnover in synaptic plasticity.
The Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory	The research primarily focuses on adenosine, a naturally occurring nucleoside which exists ubiquitously throughout the body as a cellular metabolic intermediary and also functions as a neuromodulator in brain.
Neuroengineering Lab	Invents and applies a variety of genetic, molecular, pharmacological, optical, and electrical tools to correct neural circuits that go awry within the brain.
Walsh Laboratory	Investigates the signaling- and transcriptional-regulatory mechanisms that control both normal and pathological tissue growth in the cardiovascular system, the role of the immune system in vascular disease, and the actions of adiponectin on cardiovascular tissues.
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute	Established in 1974 to foster advances in research, treatment, and education in the broad area of heart and vascular disease.