Physiology is the study of any biological process that is associated with the functioning of an organism. It can span many levels of complexity ranging from (but not limited to) processes shaping neurotransmission in the nervous system, to mechanisms regulating the blood supply of an organism, to endocrine regulation, to pathophysiology in disease conditions, and to studies of drug clearance from tissues. In being fundamental to understanding the function of the human body, physiology forms the basis for medicine. Modern molecular biological tools have opened up the study of cellular and organ level function with extraordinary precision as well as with extraordinary breadth. Research of faculty in the physiology focus group spans multiple areas ranging from molecular and cellular physiology to systems level thereby linking molecular and cellular mechanisms to the function and dysfunction of organs and ultimately the whole organism.
Focus Group Chair Raunak Sinha
Neuroscience Department
Neural signaling in the retina
raunak.sinha@wisc.edu
Focus Group Members
Caroline Alexander
Credentials: Oncology Department
Position title: Skin and metabolic physiology
Email:
alexander
Francisco Alvarado
Credentials: Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine
Position title: Regulation of cardiac ion channels and calcium signaling; cellular and molecular mechanisms of arrhythmias and heart failure.
Email:
falvarad
Rozalyn Anderson
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Metabolism of aging and age-related disease
Email:
rozalyn.anderson
Arash Bashirullah
Credentials: Pharmacy Department
Position title: Developmental regulation of endocrine and exocrine biology
Email:
bashirullah
Alexander Birbrair
Credentials: Dermatology
Position title: Mechanisms regulating cancer progression
Email:
birbrair
Grace Boekhoff-Falk
Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Position title: Limb and neural development
Email:
boekhofffalk
Edwin Chapman
Credentials: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Position title: Ricardo Miledi Professor of Neuroscience
Email:
chapman
Cynthia Czajkowski
Credentials: Neuroscience Department
Position title: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pentameric ligand gated ion channel signaling
Email:
cmczajko
Daniela Drummond Barbosa
Credentials: Genetics
Position title: Physiology of stem cell lineages
Email:
ddbarbosa
Amy Fowler
Credentials: Radiology Department
Position title: Molecular imaging of steroid receptors in breast cancer
Email:
afowler
Andrea Galmozzi
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Intracellular trafficking of signaling metabolites
Email:
agalmozzi
Ying Ge
Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Position title: Systems biology, cardiac disease and regeneration
Email:
ge2
Alexey Glukhov
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Cardiac electrophysiology, biophysics, cellular and molecular biology of cardiomyocytes, cardiac arrhythmias and pathophysiology
Email:
aglukhov
Timothy Gomez
Credentials: Neuroscience Department
Position title: Regulation of axon guidance
Email:
tmgomez
Mrinalini Hoon
Credentials: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department
Position title: Mechanisms regulating retinal circuit organization
Email:
mhoon
Tu-Anh Huynh
Credentials: Food Science Department
Position title: C-di-AMP signaling in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis
Email:
thuynh6
Joan Jorgensen
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Transcriptional control of gonad development
Email:
joan.jorgensen
Timothy Kamp
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Cardiac ion channels function and regulation; basic mechanisms of heart failure and arrhythmias; stem cells and cardiac regeneration
Email:
tjk
Michelle Kimple
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Regulation of pancreatic beta-cell biology
Email:
mkimple
Dudley Lamming
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Regulation of metabolism by nutrient signaling pathways
Email:
lamming
Bo Liu
Credentials: Surgery Department
Position title: Cell death, signal transduction, extracellular matrix, inflammation, vascular disease
Email:
liub
Valentina Lo Sardo
Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology Department
Position title: Human genetic variations in cardiovascular and cancer biology
Email:
losardo
Hiroshi Maeda
Credentials: Botany Department
Position title: Amino acid homeostasis in plants
Email:
maeda2
Colleen McDowell
Credentials: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department
Position title: Molecular pathways of glaucoma pathogenesis
Email:
cmmcdowell
Matthew Merrins
Credentials: Medicine
Position title: Beta cell biology and diabetes
Email:
merrins
Darcie Moore
Credentials: Neuroscience Department
Position title: Neural stem cells and aging
Email:
darcie.moore
Claire O'Leary
Credentials: Pediatrics
Position title: Tuft cells, immunology, microbiome
Email:
coleary
Brian Parks
Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department
Position title: Causal genes of metabolic diseases
Email:
brian.w.parks
Bret Payseur
Credentials: Genetics
Position title: Evolution of extreme phenotypes
Email:
payseur
Federico Rey
Credentials: Bacteriology Department
Position title: Gut microbiome, diet and cardiometabolic health
Email:
ferey
Claire Richardson
Credentials: Genetics
Position title: Cellular & molecular neurobiology, aging
Email:
Claire.richardson
Gail Robertson
Credentials: Neuroscience Department
Position title: Molecular mechanisms of ion channel disease
Email:
garobert
Judith Simcox
Credentials: Biochemistry Department
Position title: Lipid metabolism in cold exposure
Email:
jsimcox
Chad Vezina
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Urinary dysfunction in aging men
Email:
cmvezina
Han Wang
Credentials: Integrative Biology Department
Position title: Neurogenetics and Behavior
Email:
han.wang
Jyoti Watters
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Signal transduction and epigenetic regulation of microglial gene transcription and immune function
Email:
jjwatters
Eric Yen
Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department
Position title: Intestine, assimilation of dietary fat, and energy balance
Email:
eric.yen
Fei Zhao
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Sexual differentiation of reproductive tracts
Email:
fei.zhao