Department of
Physiology and Neurobiology

We carry out research and education that is innovative, collaborative, and centered on cutting-edge science. We bring together researchers and educators focused on the molecular, cellular, and circuit-based mechanisms that underlie diverse functions orchestrated by the brain and body. By integrating work across the spectrum of Physiology and Neurobiology, we aim to advance our understanding of brain-body functions and interactions under normal conditions and disease. 

Our department is home to nationally recognized researchers in neuroscience, physiology, and education.

A Message From The Department Head

'Welcome to the website of the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) at the University of Connecticut. PNB is a vibrant, collegial, interactive, and inclusive department housed in the Pharmacy/Biology, Torrey Life Science, and Biology/Biophysics Buildings on the UConn Storrs main campus. We are one of the twenty-five departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences..

PNB is the home to twenty-six faculty members with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds who are at the forefront of investigating fundamental physiology and neurobiology questions. Research areas include many aspects of neurobiology, reproductive biology, vascular biology, developmental biology, RNA processing, neuronal modelling, and human disease models as well as research on STEM education. We also oversee the Bioscience Electron Microscopy Laboratory, which provides service and training to users across the Storrs campus.'

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'Welcome to the website of the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) at the University of Connecticut. PNB is a vibrant, collegial, interactive, and inclusive department housed in the Pharmacy/Biology, Torrey Life Science, and Biology/Biophysics Buildings on the UConn Storrs main campus. We are one of the twenty-five departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.'

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Departmental Officers

Walikonis, Randy

Randall Walikonis

Department Head

Tzingounis, Anastasios

Anastasios Tzingounis

Associate Department Head

Menuz, Karen

Karen Menuz

Director of Graduate Studies

Chen, Xinnian

Xinnian Chen

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Boundless Research

Boundless Research

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  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Heart Failure, 1990-2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 September 30, 2026
    CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Heart failure is a significant global public health burden, and the impact is likely to increase as populations age. However, most HF etiologies can be prevented by interventions that reduce exposure to modifiable risk factors, such as elevated blood pressure, excessive alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. Etiology- and location-specific estimates can provide […]
    GBD 2023 Heart Failure Collaborators, Catherine O Johnson, Madineh Abbasi, Mitra Abbasifard, Hedayat Abbastabar, Samar Abd ElHafeez, Nadin M Abdel Razeq, Ahmed Abdelrahman Abdelgalil, Ali Abdolizadeh, Meriem Abdoun, Mostafa Abdrabou, Auwal Abdullahi, Tesfaye Birhanu Abebe, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Olifan Zewdie Abil, Olumide Abiodun, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Shady Abohashem, Mostafa A Aboouf, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Mohamed Abouzid, Dmitry Abramov, Dariush Abtahi, Fuad Hamdi Abuadas, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Ahmad Y Abuhelwa, Dina Abushanab, Lisa C Adams, Isaac Yeboah Addo, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Oluwatobi Emmanuel Adegbile, Nurudeen A Adegoke, Olumide Thomas Adeleke, Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Kishor Adhikari, Molalign Aligaz Adisu, Prince Owusu Adoma, Clifford Afoakwah, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Mohammad Aghaali, Feleke Doyore Agide, Percival Delali Agordoh, Cesar Agostinis Sobrinho, Piyush Agrawal, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Danish Ahmad, Muayyad Ahmad, Saheem Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad, Suhaib Ahmad, Waqas Ahmad, Ali Ahmadi, Sepideh Ahmadi, Sarina Ahmadian, Koohyar Ahmadzadeh, Ayman Ahmed, Gasha Salih Ahmed, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Mushood Ahmed, Shahzaib Ahmed, Syed Anees Ahmed, Marjan Ajami, Aanuoluwatimileyin Ibukunoluwa Ajayi, Roland Eghoghosoa Akhigbe, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Tariq Al Bahhawi, Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan, Mohammad Khaled Al Nawayseh, Yazan Al Thaher, Omar Ali Mohammed Al Zaabi, Mohammad Ahmmad Mahmoud Al Zoubi, Fares Alahdab, Mohammad M Al-Ahmad, Samer O Alalalmeh, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Rabail Alam, Fahad Alanezi, Turki Alanzi, Fahmi Y Al-Ashwal, Rashid Alavi, Mohammed Sad ALBashtawy, Belal Aldabbour, Astefanos Al-Dalakta, Khalifah A Aldawsari, Nader Al-Dewik, Shereen M Aleidi, Ali M Alfalki, Abdelazeem Algammal, Mohammed Algethami, Khalid Alhabib, Fadwa Naji Alhalaiqa, Fahad A Alhumaydhi, Irfan Ali, Mohammad Daud Ali, Mohammed Usman Ali, Rafat Ali, Syed Shujait Ali, Syed Yusuf Ali, Sheikh Mohammad Alif, Esubalew Muluneh Aligaz, Mina Alimohammadi, Mamman Aliyu Na'uzo, Samah W Al-Jabi, Moath Saleh Aljohani, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Sameer Abdulmalik Alkubati, François Alla, Khaled S Allemailem, Mohammed Z Allouh, Wesam Taher Almagharbeh, Wael Abdulrahman Almahmeed, Sabah Al-Marwani, Joseph Almazan, Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem, Hasan Yaser Alniss, Mahmoud A Alomari, Mohammad R Alosta, Mohammad Al-Qudah, Ahmad R Al-Qudimat, Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Rami H Al-Rifai, Intima Alrimawi, Mustafa Alsaadi, Najim Z Alshahrani, Awais Altaf, Obieda Altobaishat, Diala Altwalbeh, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Hany Aly, Mohammad S Alyahya, Abdulmohsen Hamdan Al-Zalabani, Abdallah Alzoubi, Karem H Alzoubi, Adel Sharaf Al-Zubairi, Walid Adnan Al-Zyoud, Saeed Amini, Anandhi Deva Amirtharaj, Enrico Ammirati, Hubert Amu, Ganiyu Adeniyi Amusa, Filippos Anagnostakis, Roshan Ananda, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Song Peng Ang, Abhishek Anil, Sanvithi Anjanappa, Reindolf Anokye, Boluwatife Stephen Anuoluwa, Iyadunni Adesola Anuoluwa, Saeid Anvari, Anayochukwu Edward Anyasodor, Geminn Louis Carace Apostol, Hossein Arabi, Jalal Arabloo, Aleksandr Aravkin, Demelash Areda, Abdulfatai Aremu, Jorge Arias de la Torre, Timur Aripov, Ghazal Arjmand, Johan Ärnlöv, Nurila Aryntayeva, Evans Atiah Asamane, Guido Ascione, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq, Saad Ashraf, Tahira Ashraf, Bernard Kwadwo Yeboah Asiamah-Asare, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Anil Raj Assariparambil, Ömer Ataç, Seyyed Shamsadin Athari, Prince Atorkey, Avinash Aujayeb, Zaw Zaw Aung, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Usman Ayub Awan, Kemal Lemnuro Awol, Adedapo Wasiu Awotidebe, Ahmad Ayed, A K M Azad, Arian Azadnia, Hiva Azami, Alireza Azarboo, Mehrnaz Azarian, Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz, Sadat Abdulla Aziz, Domenico Azzolino, Abraham Samuel Babu, Raham Bacha, Muhammad Badar, Nasser Bagheri, Khlood Baghlaf, Atif Amin Baig, Mohamad Amin Bakhshali, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Ruwanthi Panchali Bandara, Biswajit Banik, Hiba Jawdat Barqawi, Zarrin Basharat, Shahid Bashir, Azadeh Bashiri, Afisu Basiru, Mohammad-Mahdi Bastan, Nour Batarseh, Armel Landry Batchi-Bouyou, Shazia Batool, Narasimha M Beeraka, Babak Behnam, Bekalu Mekonen Belay, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Kenechukwu Chijioke Ben-Umeh, Abiye Assefa Berihun, Devidas S Bhagat, Nikha Bhardwaj, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Sonu Bhaskar, Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee, Sudip Bhattacharya, Gurjit Kaur Bhatti, Md Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan, Tia Bimal, Ahmad Naoras Bitar, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Lucimere Bohn, Mina Borran, Alejandro Botero Carvajal, Souad Bouaoud, Christopher Boxe, Luisa C Brant, Raffaele Bugiardini, Linh Phuong Bui, Norma B Bulamu, Felix Busch, Yasser Khalil Bustanji, Luciana Aparecida Campos, Yu Cao, Zhong Cao, Angelo Capodici, Felix Carvalho, Aditya Chakraborty, Chiranjib Chakraborty, Sandip Chakraborty, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Lam Duc Chau, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Asad Ali Ahmed Cheema, An-Tian Chen, Hana Chen, Haowei Chen, Meng Xuan Chen, Xing Chen, Nicholas Chew, Gerald Chi, Patrick R Ching, Bryan Chong, Karleen Chong, Deepti Chopra, Hitesh Chopra, Sonali G Choudhari, Enayet Karim Chowdhury, Rajiv Chowdhury, Jinky Marie Tuliao Chua, Sheng-Chia Chung, Sunghyun Chung, Arrigo Francesco Giuseppe Cicero, Mariana Corda, Claudia Cosma, Vera Marisa Costa, Natália Cruz-Martins, Omid Dadras, Jiahui Dai, Xiaochen Dai, Mayank Dalakoti, Albertino Damasceno, Emanuele D'Amico, Lucio D'Anna, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Dimash Davletov, Tadesse Asmamaw Dejenie, Ivan Delgado-Enciso, Ismail Dergaa, Emina Derviševic, Hardik Dineshbhai Desai, Vinoth Gnana Chellaiyan Devanbu, Arkadeep Dhali, Amol S Dhane, Bibha Dhungel, Marcello Di Pumpo, Diana Dias da Silva, Huynh Phuong Thao Do, Thanh Chi Do, Sushil Dohare, Fariba Dorostkar, Ojas Prakashbhai Doshi, Paulo Magno Martins Dourado, Emeka Dumbili, Andre Rodrigues Duraes, Senbagam Balakrishnan Duraisamy, Siddhartha Dutta, Subhajit Dutta, Abdel Rahman E'mar, Cynthia Edeh, David Jan Edvardsson, Debela Ejeta, Michael Ekholuenetale, Rabie Adel El Arab, Iman El Sayed, Mohamed Ahmed Eladl, Aya Elalfy, Islam Y Elgendy, Muhammed Elhadi, Waseem El-Huneidi, Sherif Elkhanishy, Omar Abdelsadek Abdou Elmeligy, Mohamed A Elmonem, Adel B Elmoselhi, Mohamed Hassan Elnaem, Abdelgawad Salah Eltahawy, Theophilus I Emeto, Fahima Nasrin Eva, Natalia Fabin, Heidar Fadavian, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Ildar Fakhradiyev, Mohammad Fareed, Aisha Farhana, Wisam Fawzi Al-Juhyiish, Timur Fazylov, Gelana Fekadu, Ginenus Fekadu, Rodrigo Fernandez-Jimenez, Pietro Ferrara, Nuno Ferreira, Florian Fischer, Luisa Sorio Flor, Federica Fogacci, Carla Fornari, Célia Fortuna Rodrigues, Matteo Foschi, Abdelrahman Gamil Gad, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Ezhilkugan Ganessane, Shivaprakash Gangachannaiah, Anirban Ganguli, Dingwei Gao, Fernando Barroga Garcia, Chandi Garg, Jacopo Garlasco, Bamba Gaye, Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Ali Gerami Matin, Lemma Getacher, Genanew Kassie Getahun, Kalab Yigermal Gete, Mustafa Ghaderzadeh, Kazem Ghaffari, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Roya Ghafoury, Arin Ghamkhar, Lobna Gharaibeh, Mohammadreza Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Nermin Mahmoud Mohammed Ghith, Sama Ghoba, Artyom Gil, Syed Abdullah Gilani, Richard Frank Gillum, Soliyana Gizachew, Laszlo Göbölös, Mahaveer Golechha, Pouya Goleij, Davide Golinelli, Melika Golmohammadi, Yitayal Ayalew Goshu, Alessandra C Goulart, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Avirup Guha, Damitha Asanga Gunawardane, Lalit Gupta, Mohak Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, Saptorshi Gupta, Roberth Steven Gutiérrez-Murillo, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Najah R Hadi, Arian Haghtalab, Abdulsalam M Halboup, Pritam Halder, Sobia Ahsan Halim, Nadia M Hamdy, Mohamed Hamed, Hossein Hamidi, Samer Hamidi, Erin B Hamilton, Asif Hanif, Nasrin Hanifi, Fahad Hanna, Mohd Anul Haq, Obaid Imtiyazul Haque, Ahmed Ibrahim Hasaballah, Faizul Hasan, Md Kamrul Hasan, S M Mahmudul Hasan, Hamidreza Hasani, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur, Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan, Ikrama Ibrahim Hassan, Md Imtaiyaz Hassan, Muhammad Hassan, Nageeb Abdul Galil Hassan, Shoaib Hassan, Rasmus J Havmoeller, Simon Iain Hay, Ahmad Hayatu, Wen-Qiang He, Golnaz Heidari, Mohammad Heidari, Zaw Myo Hein, Sumudu Avanthi Hewage, Kamal Hezam, Yuta Hiraike, Mai Hoang, Ramesh Holla, Alamgir Hossain, Md Sabbir Hossain, Syed Billal Hossain, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mihaela Hostiuc, Junjie Huang, Kiavash Hushmandi, Dursa Hussein, Thuan Nguyen Huynh, Bing-Fang Hwang, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Fatma Magdi Ibrahim, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Anel Ibrayeva, Aqsa Ikram, Irena Ilic, Milena Ilic, Salim Ilyasu, Lucius Chidiebere Imoh, Danish Iqbal, Muhammad Iqhrammullah, Bilal Irfan, Md Rabiul Islam, Yerlan Ismoldayev, Hiroyasu Iso, Masao Iwagami, Chidozie Declan Iwu, Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, Oshozimhede E Iyalomhe, Shadi Izadidehkordi, Juan S Izquierdo-Condoy, Jalil Jaafari, Jaison Jacob, Ali Jadidi, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Vennila Jaganathan, Haitham Jahrami, Vikash Jaiswal, Reza Jalilzadeh Yengejeh, Armaan Jamal, Jazlan Jamaluddin, Safayet Jamil, Talha Jawaid, Yovanthi Anurangi Jayasinghe, Jayakumar Jeganathan, Seogsong Jeong, Zixiang Ji, Jost B Jonas, Tamas Joo, Jobin Jose, Jobinse Jose, Akaninyene Paul Joseph, Mickael Antoine Joseph, Krupal J Joshi, Charity Ehimwenma Joshua, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Sang-Hyuk Jung, Malik Juweid, Billingsley Kaambwa, Dler Hussein Kadir, Farima Kahe, Ashish Kumar Kakkar, Khalil Kalavani, Sanjay Kalra, Ramat Toyin Kamorudeen, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi, Jiseung Kang, Samuel Berchi Kankam, Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Suthanthira Kannan, Sunil Kumar Kar, Mehrdad Karajizadeh, Paschalis Karakasis, Arman Karimi Behnagh, Samad Karkhah, Faizan Zaffar Kashoo, Manoj Kumar Kashyap, Nehemia Israel Kassa, Amandeep Kaur, Avleen Kaur, Gbenga Ayodele Kayode, Kefita Kashala Kayola, Sina Kazemian, Abenezer Zenebe Kebede, Yabets Tesfaye Kebede, Mohammad Ali Khaksar, Anees Ahmed Khalil, Abida Khan, Ajmal Khan, Iqra Hamid Khan, Maseer Khan, Mohammad Idreesh Khan, Mohd Faheem Khan, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Muhammad Umer Khan, Yusuf Saleem Khan, Zahid Khan, Sameer Uttamrao Khasbage, Haitham Khatatbeh, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Khalid A Kheirallah, Manoj Khokhar, Pavan Khosla, Farbod Khosravi, Sepehr Khosravi, Jagdish Khubchandani, Zemene Demelash Kifle, Hye Jun Kim, Jinho Kim, Kwanghyun Kim, Min Seo Kim, Ruth W Kimokoti, Adnan Kisa, Shivakumar K M Kondlahalli, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Farzad Kompani, Oleksii Korzh, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane Laxminarayana, Kewal Krishan, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Chong-Han Kua, Ananya Kuanar, Mohammed Kuddus, Mukhtar Kulimbet, Ashish Kumar, Ashwini Kumar, Laksh Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Satyajit Kundu, Setor K Kunutsor, Maria Dyah Kurniasari, Krishna Prasad Kurpad, Donata Kurpas, Christina Yeni Kustanti, Dian Kusuma, Assylkhan Kuttybayev, Taeho Kwak, Ville Kytö, Pallavi L C, Chandrakant Lahariya, Hanpeng Lai, Balzhan Lakanova, Tri Laksono, Anders Olof Larsson, Thoa Le, Thu Huynh Minh Le, Caterina Ledda, Hayeon Lee, Hoi Leong Lee, Hwamin Lee, Ryung Lee San Lee, Seung Won Lee, Wei-Chen Lee, Vasileios Leivaditis, Pier Pasquale Leone, Elvynna Leong, Chengfeng Li, Jie Li, Jinbo Li, Miaoling Li, Ming-Chieh Li, Qiang Li, Xingang Li, Zhengrui Gerry Li, Yanxue Lian, Jialing Lin, Daniel Lindholm, Shai Linn, Haipeng Liu, Xianliang Liu, Xiao Liu, Xuefeng Liu, Yubo Liu, Erand Llanaj, Madeeha Shahzad Lodhi, Niroshan Chandrajith Lokunarangoda, Andrés López-Cortés, José Francisco López-Gil, Kevin Lu, Jailos Lubinda, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Abhilash Ludhiadch, Pincheng Luo, Jay Brinton Lusk, Lei Lv, Ellina Lytvyak, Firoozeh Madadi, Áurea Marília Madureira-Carvalho, Pasquale Maffia, Sasikumar Mahalingam, Samatar Abshir Mahamed, Nozad Hussein Mahmood, Mansour Adam Mahmoud, Abdul Majid, Ahmad Azam Malik, Bhagabat Malik, Tabarak Malik, Birhanemaskal Malkamu, Muhammad Talha Maniya, Fahmida Mannan, Kamaruddeen Mannethodi, Marjan Mansourian, Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani, Iqra Manzoor, Shaista Manzoor, Tahir Maqbool, Hamid Reza Marateb, Mirko Marino, Winfried März, Roy Rillera Marzo, Sammer Marzouk, Stefano Masi, Yasith Mathangasinghe, Neeta Mathur, Georgios Mavrovounis, Steven M McPhail, Elahe Meftah, Medhin Mehari, Tesfahun Mekene Meto, Septi Melisa, Satish Melwani, Aamir Raoof Memon, Godfred Antony Menezes, Emiru Ayalew Mengistie, George A Mensah, Anusha Sultan Meo, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Michelangelo Mercogliano, Giovanni Merlino, Rahwa A Mesfin, Tomislav Mestrovic, Chamila Mettananda, Sachith Mettananda, Mohamed Metwally Metwally, Kathleen H Miao, Bartosz Miazgowski, Muhammad Agus Mikrajab, Giuseppe Minervini, Wai-Kit Ming, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Seyed Ali Mirshahvalad, Vinaytosh Mishra, Tridip Mitra, Yidnek Mogessie, Ahmed Elmorsy Mohamed, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Hashim Mohamed Siraj, Taj Mohammad, Zeinab Mohammadzadeh, Mustapha Mohammed, Omer Mohammed, Shafiu Mohammed, Ali H Mokdad, Himel Mondal, Sara Montazerinamin, Ali Moradi, Anthony Kwame Morgan, Mahdis Morovvati, Mahmoud M Morsy, Reza Mosaddeghi-Heris, Md Shihab Mostafa, Parsa Mousavi, Mehrdad Mozafar, Kimia Mozahheb Yousefi, Sumaira Mubarik, Esileman Abdela Muche, Steward Mudenda, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Francesk Mulita, Kavita Munjal, Sani Musa, Ali Mushtaq, Sathish Muthu, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Julius Chacha Mwita, Woojae Myung, Seyedali Nabipoorashrafi, Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan, Ganesh R Naik, Firzan Nainu, Hastyar Hama Rashid Najmuldeen, Shumaila Nargus, Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Gustavo G Nascimento, Mohammad Issa Hasoneh Naser, Hamide Nasiri, Athina Nasoufidou, Mahmoud Nassar, Zuhair S Natto, Biswa Prakash Nayak, Nikita Nekliudov, Omid Nekouei, Samata Nepal, Dang Nguyen, Nghia Phu Nguyen, Robina Khan Niazi, Ali Nikoobar, Richmond Nketia, Princess Afia Nkrumah-Boateng, Mamoona Noreen, Nermine Samir Nosseir, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Chisom Adaobi Nri-Ezedi, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Fred Nugen, Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam, Ogochukwu Janet Nzoputam, Bogdan Oancea, Michael Safo Oduro, Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Ayomide Ogunrinde, Olusegun Olatunji Ojedoyin, Sylvester Reuben Okeke, Olalekan John Okesanya, Musa Kolapo Oladejo, Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Oladotun Victor Olalusi, Gláucia Maria Moraes Oliveira, Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba, Adetayo Olorunlana, Oluwafemi Gabriel Oluwole, Ahmed Omar Bali, Atakan Orscelik, Alberto Ortiz, John W Ostrominski, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Amel Ouyahia, Mayowa Ojo Owolabi, Oladayo A Oyebanji, Tope Oyelade, Ilker Ozsahin, Mahesh P A, Alicia Padron-Monedero, Jagadish Rao Padubidri, Dimpal Manilal Paija, Vijayakumar Palaniswamy, Sujogya Kumar Panda, Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Anca Pantea Stoian, Mario Virgilio Papa, Ilias Papadimopoulos, Shahina Pardhan, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Amrita Parida, Swapnil Parve, Maja Pasovic, Roberto Passera, Bhargav Umeshchandra Patel, Heta Pavan Patel, Kunal Nitinkumar Patel, Meet Navinkumar Patel, Neel Navinkumar Patel, Shivani Vinayakkumar Patel, Nikita Patil, Dimitrios Patoulias, Snigdha Pattnaik, Uttam Paudel, Shrikant Dilip Pawar, Hamidreza Pazoki Toroudi, Arun Mitra Peddireddy, Prince Peprah, Eric Peprah Osei, Alexandre C Pereira, Simone Perna, Ionela-Roxana Petcu, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Tung Thanh Pham, Anil K Philip, Zahra Zahid Piracha, Edoardo Pirera, Evgenii Plotnikov, Thantrira Porntaveetus, Sajjad Pourasghary, Farzad Pourghazi, Michal Pruc, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Jagadeesh Puvvula, Nameer Hashim Qasim, Xiang Qi, Ali Qureshi, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Deniz Rafiei, Pankaja Raghav, Yashpal Singh Raghav, Hawbash Mohammed-Amin Rahim, Sajjad Rahimi, Firman Suryadi Rahman, Fryad Rahman, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Mohammad Rubayat Rahman, Mosiur Rahman, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Amir Masoud Rahmani, Soheil Rahmati, Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Adarsh Raja, Hafsa Arshad Azam Raja, Gunaseelan Rajendran, Judah Rajendran, Rajalakshmi Rajendran, Mohammad Amin Rajizadeh, Pushp Lata Rajpoot, Mahmoud Mohammed Ramadan, Kadar Ramadhan, Chitra Ramasamy, Shakthi Kumaran Ramasamy, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Kamleshun Ramphul, Asad Gul Rao, Isha Rathi, Devarajan Rathish, Renju Ravi, Lal Rawal, Murali Mohan Rama Krishna Reddy, Elrashdy Moustafa Redwan, Abel Alemayehu Regassa, Ateeq Rehman, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Justin Ren, Mina Rezaei, Nazila Rezaei, Mohsen Rezaeian, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro, Moattar Raza Rizvi, Jefferson Antonio Buendia Rodriguez, Susanne Röhr, Leonardo Roever, Debby Syahru Romadlon, Moustaq Karim Khan Rony, Kevin T Root, Allen Guy Patrick Ross, Kunle Rotimi, Himanshu Sekhar Rout, Adrija Roy, Sharmistha Roy, Godfrey Mutashambara Rwegerera, Aly M A Saad, Mohamed Omar Saad, Adnan Saadeddin, Maha Mohamed Saber-Ayad, Muhammad Saboor, Muhammad Nabeel Saddique, Ehsan Sadeghi, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Bassem Sadek, Hossein Sadr, Mohammad Reza Saeb, Shazina Saeed, Umar Saeed, Amene Saghazadeh, Nondo Saha, Ahmad Sahban Rafsanjani, Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari, Amirhossein Sahebkar, S Mohammad Sajadi, Morteza Saki, Joseph W Sakshaug, Bukola Salami, Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem, Samreen Saleem, Mohamed A Saleh, Mahdi Salehi, Amr Salem, Abubakar Tijjani Salihu, Yoseph Leonardo Samodra, Vijaya Paul Samuel, Abdallah M Samy, Itamar Souza Santos, Siddaram Sarate, Aswini Saravanan, Mohammad Sarmadi, Sachin Sarode, Arash Sarveazad, Michele Sassano, Maheswar Satpathy, Shakta Mani Satyam, Amar Saurabh, Mehrdad Savabi Far, Tual Sawn Khai, Abu Sayeed, Christophe Schinckus, Markus Peter Schlaich, Art Schuermans, Chandrabose Selvaraj, Siddharthan Selvaraj, Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Yashendra Sethi, Christianus Heru Setiawan, Seyed Mohammad Seyed Alshohadaei, Serhii Shabalin, Arash Shaban-Nejad, Muhammed Shabil, Uzma Shahab, Shazlin Shaharudin, Izza Shahid, Samiah Shahid, Syed Monowar Alam Shahid, Wajeehah Shahid, Endrit Shahini, Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Masood Ali Shaikh, Sunder Sham, Muhammad Aaqib Shamim, Farzane Shams, Mehran Shams-Beyranvand, Alfiya Shamsutdinova, Dan Shan, Amin Sharifan, Javad Sharifi Rad, Fariborz Sharifianjazi, Ankita Sharma, Avimanu Sharma, Bunty Sharma, Kamlesh Sharma, Ravi Kumar Sharma, Ujjawal Sharma, Shamee Shastry, Ali Sheidaei, Rekha Raghuveer Shenoy, Mahabalesh Shetty, Pavanchand Shetty, Premalatha Shetty, JiaHao Shi, Md Monir Hossain Shimul, Priyanka Arun Shirali, Aminu Shittu, Velizar Shivarov, Ambreen Shoaib, Sina Shool, Seyed Afshin Shorofi, Sunil Shrestha, Negussie Boti Sidamo, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, João Pedro Silva, Aditya Pratap Singh, Baljinder Singh, Brij Pal Singh, Harpreet Singh, Jasvinder A Singh, Kalpana Singh, Poornima Suryanath Singh, Puneetpal Singh, Sunil Kumar Singh, Surjit Singh, Mukesh Kumar Sinha, Valentin Yurievich Skryabin, Balamrit Singh Sokhal, Shipra Solanki, Aayushi Sood, Prashant Sood, Soroush Soraneh, Michele Sorrentino, Michael Spartalis, Shyamkumar Sriram, Devin Bailey Srivastava, Panagiotis Stachteas, Antonina Starodubova, Brendon Stubbs, Chen-Yang Su, Omer Subasi, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Mark J M Sullman, Xiaodong Sun, Johan Sundström, Chandan Kumar Swain, Lukasz Szarpak, Chadi Tabaja, Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Celine Tabche, Ramin Tabibi, Biniyam Beyene Tabor, Balamurugan Tagiisuran, Niloofar Taheri, Shima Tajabadi, Hon Lon Tam, Ching Siang Tan, Mohammad Tanashat, Aigul Yelgondiyevna Tazhiyeva, Mebrahtu G Tedla, Tarilate Temedie-Asogwa, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Masayuki Teramoto, Vidhi Thakar, Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Lakshmi Thangavelu, Ismaeel Tharwat, Rasiah Thayakaran, Joe Thomas, Christina S Thornton, Jansje Henny Vera Ticoalu, Sojit Tomo, Santo Imanuel Tonapa, Arole Darwin Touko, Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone, Quynh Thuy Huong Tran, Tam Quoc Minh Tran, Thang Huu Tran, Domenico Trico, Taylor Triplett, Christopher Daniel Tristan, Quynh Xuan Nguyen Truong, Gary Tse, Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye, Phillip J Tully, Arooj Ul Hassan, Atta Ullah, Himayat Ullah, Irfan Ullah, Riaz Ullah, Muhammad Umair, Srikanth Umakanthan, Krishna Kishore Umapathi, Hauwa Onozasi Umar, Muhammad Umar, Brigid Unim, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Era Upadhyay, Jibrin Sammani Usman, Olivier Uwishema, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin, Hande Uzunçibuk, Asokan Govindaraj Vaithinathan, Pascual Rubén Valdez, Jef Van den Eynde, Joe Varghese, Tommi Juhani Vasankari, Poonam Verma, Tuan Bao Vinh, Antonio Vitiello, Vasiliy Vlassov, Theo Vos, Loc Vu Vu, Abubakar Sadiq Wada, Liang Wang, Wanzhou Wang, Yanzhong Wang, Paul Russell Ward, Yosef Mengistie Wasihun, Xueying Wei, Robert Gideon Weintraub, Anggi Lukman Wicaksana, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Zenghong Wu, Yihun Miskir Wubie, Hong Xiao, Na Xiao, Wanqing Xie, Xiaoyue Xu, Amirhossein Yadegar, Saba Yahoo, Galal Yahya, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Lily D Yan, Chengliang Yang, Hanwen Yang, Yuichiro Yano, Haiqiang Yao, Mohamed A Yassin, Yuichi Yasufuku, Sanni Yaya, Subah Abderehim Yesuf, Thomas Kidanemariam Yewodiaw, Arzu Yigit, Dehui Yin, Yazachew Engida Yismaw, Dong Keon Yon, Naohiro Yonemoto, Mustafa Z Younis, Chuanhua Yu, Hairui Yu, Yong Yu, Suleiman Yunusa, Ismaeel Yunusa, Mubashir Zafar, Nikta Zafarjafarzadeh, Manijeh Zaghampour, Nelson Zamora, Iman Zare, Kourosh Zarea, Seema Zargar, Michael Zastrozhin, Mohammed Zawiah, Mohammed Gomaa Mohammed Zeariya, Eyael Mesfin Zeru, Beijian Zhang, Daniel Xin Zhang, Haijun Zhang, Julio Min Fei Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Murat Zhanuzakov, Claire Chenwen Zhong, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Bin Zhu, Abzal Zhumagaliuly, Hafsa Zia, Ghazal Zoghi, Mohamed Ali Zoromba, Ahed H Zyoud, Sa'ed H Zyoud, Christopher J L Murray, Gregory A Roth
  • Locus coeruleus activation transforms cortical taste representations September 16, 2026
    Noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) shape sensory processing, yet how LC activity influences population taste coding remains unclear. Using optogenetic LC activation with miniscope imaging in the gustatory cortex (GC), we examined LC modulation of multiple taste attributes. Phasic LC activation strengthens correlations between neuronal responses and palatability and expands the dynamic range […]
    Will Fan, Paula To, Natale R Sciolino
  • Carotid body dysfunction contributes to respiratory instability in Rett syndrome September 1, 2026
    Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in MECP2. Disordered breathing is a hallmark feature of RTT that negatively impacts quality of life and can be life-threatening. Despite this, the mechanisms underlying disordered breathing in RTT are poorly understood. Although RTT is primarily considered a central nervous system disorder, we found that […]
    Monica L Strain, Eliandra N da Silva, Michelle L Olsen, Daniel K Mulkey
  • Identification of markers facilitating the study of support cells in adult olfactory sensilla in Drosophila August 12, 2026
    In the Drosophila antenna, olfactory sensilla are the fundamental unit of odor detection and processing. Sensilla house one to four olfactory neurons enwrapped by three distinct support cells: thecogen, trichogen, and tormogen cells. While olfactory neurons and their odor receptors have been extensively studied in Drosophila, and increasingly in other insect species, much less is […]
    Sydney Ballou, Kristine Zlotnick, David Tolmach, Karen Menuz
  • Developmental origins of hypertension: The role of neonatal breathing irregularities and hypoxaemia August 10, 2026
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    Michael A Jolly
  • Brain-Wide Mapping and Synaptic Localization of C1QL3 Using a Novel Epitope-Tagged Knock-In Mouse August 7, 2026
    Synapse formation and function are coordinated spatially and temporally by a host of synaptic proteins that regulate neuronal signaling, synapse specificity, and plasticity, many of which are implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. Many members of the C1q/TNF superfamily function as synaptic organizers, shaping synapse assembly and maintenance. Among them, C1QL3 plays a putative role in trans-synaptic […]
    William P Armstrong, James M Salvatore, Matthew J Sticco, Keaven Caro, J Wesley Maddox, Angie Huang, Brenna C McAllister, Christopher B O'Connell, Siu-Pok Yee, Amy Lee, Susanne Ressl, David C Martinelli, Alexander C Jackson
  • Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces July 6, 2026
    Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in formal adult diagnoses and individuals self-identifying as neurodivergent. Many neurodivergent individuals, particularly academic trainees, have reported adverse experiences while participating in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, citing a lack of support and resources. Further, academic systems […]
    Brooke M Fitzwater, Alexandra G Tissot, Noah R Bressman, Christofer A Brothers, Yuchen Chen, Tara J Cronin, Nicole S DesJardins, Sonja Huč, Jacquelyn R Galvez, Caitlin S Gillespie, Chloe Kaelin, Sarah A Knutie, Jess Marquardt, Rut Martínez-Miras, Ulrike K Müller, Andrew K Schulz, Benjamin Shanafelt, Sierra L Sowa, Chris O Spear, Ariel Steele, Ryan Thompson, Megan R Wyatt, Taormina Lepore
  • Prevalence and Risk Factors of Celiac Disease in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis June 25, 2026
    CONCLUSION: The findings from this meta-analysis suggest a higher-than-expected prevalence of CD among patients with NAFLD, though the substantial heterogeneity across studies limits the precision of this estimate. These findings indicate that clinicians may consider selective screening for CD, particularly in patients presenting with specific clinical features. However, given the exploratory nature of the subgroup […]
    Narsimha Rao Keetha, Pegah Rashidian, Micah Fleischman, Fatemeh Mohammadyari, Michael T Ulrich, Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi, Kiran Sandilya Balivada, Mohammad Amin Karimi, Negin Letafatkar, Ehsan Amini-Salehi, Sandeep Samethadka Nayak
  • Bayesian Transformers and Higher-Order Graph Matching for Cell Tracking in Serial Tissue Sections May 26, 2026
    Reliable 3D reconstruction of tissue architecture from sequential 2D multiplex images is challenging due to the noise and distortions introduced by ultrathin (50 nm) slicing and complex alignment procedures. Conventional cell tracking methods often fail under such conditions, resulting in inaccurate linkage of cells across sections. To bridge this gap, we propose a Bayesian Transformer […]
    Mostafa Karami, Sahand Hamzehei, David Arce, Gianna Raimondi, Linnaea Ostroff, Sheida Nabavi
  • WATER reveals heterochrony of molecular programs underlies developmental failure caused by minor spliceosome inhibition May 25, 2026
    The final limb structure reflects coordinated deployment of molecular programs, defined not only by which genes are expressed but when they are activated and silenced across time. Existing omics analyses obscure the temporal unfolding of these programs and conflate program identity with deployment timing by assuming temporal equivalence between conditions. We developed WATER (Weighted Windowed […]
    Saren M Springer, Abigail R Boria, Kyle D Drake, Kevon O Afriyie, Kaitlin N Girardini, Taveena Konakanchi, Isabella Stevens, Nicolas Camacho, Tomas Lopes, Rahul N Kanadia
  • Triple-layered core-shell microneedle patch for sustained analgesic delivery and chondroprotection in osteoarthritis May 2, 2026
    Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent chronic condition characterized by persistent pain, necessitating sustained therapeutic interventions to manage symptoms effectively. In this study, we introduce a novel core-shell microneedle system for sustained release, termed Microneedle-based Integrated Release with Advanced Composite Layered Efficacy (MIRACLE). The design is a triple-layered microneedle (MN) patch engineered for the prolonged management […]
    Hoang-Phuc Pham, Cao-Sang Truong, Rimpy Diwan, Himanshu N Bhatt, Nha-Thi Luong, Qian Wu, Suman Pahal, Aseno Sakhrie, Thi Bao Tram Tran, Zhiming Li, Thanh D Nguyen
  • Dynamic cholinergic signaling differentially desynchronizes cortical microcircuits dependent on modulation rate and network connectivity April 10, 2026
    Acetylcholine (ACh) affects both the intrinsic properties of individual neurons and the oscillatory tendencies of cortical microcircuits by modulating the muscarinic-receptor gated m-current. ACh concentrations have historically been assumed to vary exclusively over long (supra-second) neuromodulatory timescales, conventionally simplified in silico as a set and constant modulatory tone. However, contemporary experimental studies show cortical ACh […]
    Sibi Pandian, Scott Rich
  • Cellular properties and axonal projections of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-expressing neurons in the mouse lateral hypothalamic area March 17, 2026
    The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) is well-known for its conserved role in modulating and driving many forms of innate behaviors, yet the cellular diversity underlying these functions remains incompletely understood. Although neurons expressing the neuropeptide thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus have been well-characterized for their hypophysiotropic functions and role in metabolism and […]
    Maggie A Khuu, Monica S Antony, Jeremy H Lesser, Kristen S Springer, Eneida M Wainman, Falyne C Driver, Daniel K Mulkey, Alexander C Jackson
  • Minor spliceosome inhibition via ablation of its U11 snRNA gene results in multiple defects in murine spermatogenesis February 25, 2026
    Minor intron-containing genes (MIGs), which require the minor spliceosome (MiS) for their splicing, are highly represented among genes involved in mouse spermatogenesis. Leveraging gene- and intron-level ortholog data, we show that conservation of these genes as MIGs is particularly strong in chordates but not in other species groups, suggesting lineage-specific changes to their splicing regulation. […]
    Kazumasa Takemoto, Kaitlin N Girardini, Abigail Boria, Jade Rosado, Taveena Konakanchi, Shreyesh Vachhani, Saren Springer, Rahul N Kanadia
  • Astrocytes enable amygdala neural representations supporting memory February 11, 2026
    Brain systems mediating responses to previously encountered threats provide critical survival functions. Fear memory and extinction are underpinned by neural representations in the basolateral amygdala (BLA)^(1-7), but the contribution of non-neuronal cells, including astrocytes, to these processes remains unresolved. Here, using in vivo calcium (Ca^(2+)) imaging and causal astrocyte manipulations, we find that BLA astrocytes […]
    Olena Bukalo, Ruairi O'Sullivan, Yuta Tanisumi, Adriana Mendez, Chase Weinholtz, Sydney Zimmerman, Victoria Offenberg, Olivia Carpenter, Hrishikesh Bhagwat, Sophie Mosley, John J O'Malley, Kerri Lyons, Yulan Fang, Jess Goldschlager, Linnaea E Ostroff, Mario A Penzo, Hiroaki Wake, Lindsay R Halladay, Andrew Holmes

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    Research in Progress (RIP) Talk: Kaitlin Girardini
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    On Friday, September 25, 2026, Kaitlin Girardini will be presenting her Research in Progress (RIP) Talk. Kaitlin is a Ph.D. student in the Kanadia Lab.

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Featured Posts

  • Alexandra Salem: Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Award
    Alexandra Salem was awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Fund award for her project described below: Patients with Rett syndrome (RTT) are at increased risk of anesthesia-related complications usually involving respiratory insufficiency or cardiac arrythmia.  Preliminary results suggest this phenotype is recapitulated in a mouse model of RTT where delivery of injectable or volatile anesthetic results […]