Neurosciences
Takeshi Yoshimatsu, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: takeshi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Development and function of the visual system in vertebrates
Key words
Vision, Retina, Development, Zebrafish, Lizard
Jeffrey Zacks, PhD
Edgar James Swift Professor in Arts & Sciences and Department Chair of Psychological & Brain Sciences
- Email: jzacks@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Human behavioral and fMRI studies of perception, attention and memory
Key words
aging, attention, cognition, fMRI, modeling, perception
Chao Zhou, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications including cancer research and tissue engineering
Key words
Biophotonics, medical instrumentation, imaging sciences, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microscopy (OCM) and optogenetic pacing
Gregory Zipfel, MD
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Email: zipfelg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms and novel therapeutics for cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cerebral vasospasm
Key words
cerebral amyloid angiopathy, vascular dementia, Alzheimer`s disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, cerebral blood flow
Charles Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head
- Email: zorumskc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission
Key words
synapse biology, ion channel, glutamate, GABA