Neuroscience
Neuroscience research makes use of scholarship and experimental tools that bridge across many scientific disciplines. Researchers in the Neuroscience cluster aim to prepare students for the full spectrum of careers in neuroscience research, education, and outreach within this highly multidisciplined field. Research foci include the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neuropathogenic processes, hormonal influences on behavior, dynamics of neural circuit development, and computational neuroscience. The cluster benefits from associations with Notre Dame’s research initiatives in the areas of rare and neglected diseases, drug design, advanced diagnostics, vector biology, and applied mathematics.
Image: Confocal microscopy identifies both normal and ectopic axonal projections from photoreceptors of transgenic Drosophila. Image courtesy of the laboratory of Joe O'Tousa.
Contact
Cody J. Smith (website>)
Department of Biological Sciences
574-631-3959
csmith67@nd.edu
Participating Faculty
Katrina AdamsBiological Sciences |
We ask how different populations of neural stem and glial progenitor cells within the mammalian brain respond to injury and disease including in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Juan Del ValleChemistry and Biochemistry |
Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections |
Jeffrey FederBiological Sciences |
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria |
Kaiyu FuChemistry and Biochemistry |
Integration of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical techniques with automated data acquisition and processing to develop biomedical devices that enable point-of-care diagnostics and improve chronic disease management. |
Holly GoodsonChemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cell biology and biophysics |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
David R. HydeBiological Sciences |
Visual System Development and Dysfunction |
Dana Klatt ShawBiological Sciences |
A spinal cord injury in mammals leads to a lifelong reduction of neural function, while zebrafish are capable of full functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. The goal of our lab is to understand what gives zebrafish this remarkable ability for enhanced regenerative capacity |
Christopher PatzkeBiological Sciences |
Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease |
Robert RosenbaumApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits |
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Cody J. SmithBiological Sciences |
Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System |
Zoltan ToroczkaiPhysics |
Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology |
Kevin VaughanBiological Sciences |
Molecular basis of organelle transport |