Laboratories associated with the Neurobiology track investigate the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underpin how the brain and body grow, sense the world around them, and ultimately create behavior. Current research is focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to drug addiction, mood disorders, neuroendocrinology, neuroimmunology, brain development, sexual differentiation, and language production and learning and memory.
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Identifying druggable targets for treating addiction
Assistant Professor
School of Animal Sciences
School of Animal Sciences
Gut microbiota and synaptic communication
Associate Professor
School of Animal Sciences
School of Animal Sciences
Neurobiology of appetite adjustment
Associate Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Brain development and emotional dysfunction
Associate Professor
VCOM, Center for One Health Research
VCOM, Center for One Health Research
Novel therapeutics for neurological disorders
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Neuronal representation of space and time
Assistant Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Synaptic Function
Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis
Professor
School of Animal Sciences
School of Animal Sciences
Cellular signaling pathways of energy metabolism
Associate Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Genetic and neurological basis of body weight control
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Molecular mechanisms driving chronic pain
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Resilience to stress and mood disorders
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Neural circuits of motivation and attention
Associate Professor
School of Animal Sciences
School of Animal Sciences
Molecular and cellular biology of memory formation
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of circadian biology
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Animal models of altered brain maturation
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Neuronal circuitry of thermoregulation
Associate Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Astrocyte function in health and disease
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration
Assistant Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Neural circuit mechanisms and stress neurobiology
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Consequences of acute and chronic brain injury
Assistant Professor
School of Neuroscience
School of Neuroscience
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Epigenetic networks in development and disease