INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY – NEUROSCIENCE (IBNS)
Program Overview
The FAU Integrative Biology – Neuroscience (IBNS) PhD program is a joint program of the Colleges of Science and Medicine with the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), the first U.S. institute of the world-renowned Max Planck Society. IBNS students may also pursue doctoral study with faculty at The Scripps Research Institute. The IBNS Ph.D. program offers students a curriculum, research resources and mentors suited to the study of molecular, cell and systems neuroscience. IBNS students explore cutting-edge questions in neuroscience through the use of multidisciplinary approaches, the use of leading invertebrate and vertebrate model systems, and with access to a suite of cuttingedge molecular, optical and physiological recording technologies. Learn more at: biology.fau.edu/academics/graduate/phd-biology-degree-programs-ibn.php
| FACULTY MENTORS | AREA OF EMPHASIS | VIDEO |
|---|---|---|
| Rindy Anderson, Ph.D. | Communication, cognition, sexual selection, behavioral ecology | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. | Synaptic Genetics, Neurochemistry and Pharmacology; Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Transporter Proteins and Psychoactive Drugs | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| M. McLean Bolton, Ph.D | Disorders of neural circuit function | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Steven Bressler, Ph.D. | Cognitive Neurodynamics: Investigation of cognitive processing through analysis of the large-scale dynamics of activity in the cerebral cortex using fMRI, EEG, MEG, and LFP data. | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D. | Explores novel ion channels as targets for amphetamines and the ability of psychostimulants to exert multi-generational effects. | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Jason Christie, Ph.D | Mechanisms of synaptic signaling and computation | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Ronald L. Davis, Ph.D. | Molecular and cellular basis for learning; diseases that affect learning and memory | Coming soon. |
| Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D. | Neurobiology of cellular stress and neuroprotection using live cell imaging, electrophysiology and behavior genetics | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Erik Duboué, Ph.D. | Effects of early stress on brain circuitry and function and the etiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D. | Extracellular matrix biochemistry, synthetic protein design and construction | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. | Functional organization and development of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, neural basis of visual perception | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Tanja Godenschwege, Ph.D. | Molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurodevelopment, cellular basis of neurological disorders and drug discovery | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Brock Grill, Ph.D. | Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development | Coming soon. |
| Kathleen Guthrie, Ph.D. | Neural stem cells, adult neurogenesis and factors that affect survival and integration of new neurons; Activity-dependent remodeling of olfactory-limbic circuits; Neurotrophic factor effects on neuron morphology | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D. | Neuromorphological, behavioral and molecular consequences of chronic, variable stress during peripubertal-juvenile period in rats | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| William Ja, Ph.D. | Molecular genetics of aging, behavior and disease | Coming soon. |
| Kailiang Jia, Ph.D. | Molecular regulation of aging | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Alex Keene, Ph.D. | Neurogenetics and the evolution of behavior | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D. | Evolutionary genetics and evolutionary developmental biology | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Gregory Macleod, Ph.D. | Mitochondrial support of neurotransmission, pH influences on synaptic plasticity, neurotransmission and aging | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D. | Striatal signaling and drug addiction, G protein signal transduction pathways, molecular mechanisms of vision | Coming soon. |
| Courtney Miller, Ph.D. | Neurobiological underpinnings of memory disorders, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics | Coming soon. |
| Sarah L. Milton, Ph.D. | Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, marine turtle physiology | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Rodney Murphey, Ph.D. | Development and degeneration of synapses | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Sathyanarayanan Puthanveettil, Ph.D. | Molecular and cellular basis of long-term memory storage and its disorders | Coming soon. |
| Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D. | How synaptic proteins actively contribute to memory formation and storage | Coming soon. |
| Wen Shen, Ph.D. | Neurophysiology, receptor pharmacology, synapsis, glutamate toxicity | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Robert Stackman,Ph.D. | Behavioral Neuroscience, Learning and memory | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Hiroki Taniguchi, Ph.D. | Development and function of inhibitory neural circuits | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Rui Tao, D.V.M., Ph.D. | Neural circuits affected by drug abuse, Psychostimulant-induced hallucinations, Environmental factor-dependent effects of psychostimulants | Coming soon. |
| Lawrence Toll, Ph.D. | Neuropharmacology of opioid and nicotinic receptors with respect to pain and drug abuse | Watch Faculty Vignette |
| Seth Tomchik, Ph.D. | Neuromodulation of memory circuits, neuronal circuits and behavior, imaging brain function in health and disease | Coming soon. |
| Henriette van Praag, Ph.D. | Regulation and function of adult hippocampal neurogenesis | Coming soon. |
| Robert Vertes, Ph.D. | Behavioral neuroscience, functional organization of the brainstem and its role in controlling the activity of the forebrain and neurophysiology of sleep | Coming soon. |
| Yingxue Wang, Ph.D. | Neuronal Mechanisms of Episodic Memory | Coming soon. |
| Jianning Wei, Ph.D. | Neurodegenerative disorders | Coming soon. |
| Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D. | Effect of oxidative stress on normal and cancer cells | Coming soon. |
| Jang-Yen Wu, Ph.D. | Neurotransmission and brain disorders | Coming soon. |
| Baoji Xu, Ph.D. | How neural circuits are formed, modified, and maintained in the brain | Coming soon. |
| Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D. | Neuronal signal transduction | Watch Faculty Vignette |
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