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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

Joseph E. O'Tousa (website>)
Department of Biological Sciences
574-631-6093
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Participating Faculty

Francis J. Castellino Chemistry and Biochemistry	In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation
Holly Goodson Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences	Molecular and cell biology and biophysics
Kasturi Haldar Biological Sciences	Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases
Paul W. Huber Chemistry and Biochemistry	RNA expression, processing, and localization
David R. Hyde Biological Sciences	Visual System Development and Dysfunction
Joseph O'Tousa Biological Sciences	Photoreceptor function and processes of retinal degeneration
Robert Rosenbaum Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits
Molly Duman Scheel Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)	Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics
Cody J. Smith Biological Sciences	Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System
Zoltan Toroczkai Physics	Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology
Kevin Vaughan Biological Sciences	Molecular basis of organelle transport