Faculty Research Interests - Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Students may choose to work with any Department of Biological Science faculty.
With permission from the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies,
students may also work with Affiliated Faculty from other departments.
FACULTY
Debra A. Fadool
Olfactory signal transduction; ion channel
structure-function; neuromodulation.
James M. Fadool
Developmental biology; cellular and genetic analysis of
visual system development.
Marc E. Freeman
Reproductive neuroendocrinology; hypothalamic control of
pituitary function.
Thomas A. Houpt
Molecular neurobiology of learning and memory in food intake; conditioned taste aversion.
Lisa C. Lyons
Signaling and circadian modulation regulating associative memory
Michael Meredith
Sensory physiology; chemical communication; computer
modeling.
Paul Q. Trombley
Olfaction; synaptic physiology and plasticity; ion channel
modulation.
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Mohamed
Kabbaj(Affiliated Faculty - College of Medicine)
Genetics of drug addiction, substance abuse.
Neuroscience, the study of brain and nervous system function, encompasses many of the
unanswered questions about the nature of humans and other species. Traditionally, the
primary emphasis of the FSU neuroscience program has been sensory processes. This focus is
now supplemented by research and instruction in the biophysics & electrophysiology of
excitable cells, neurotransmitter & neurohormone action, neural development &
plasticity, circadian rhythms, feeding & regulatory processes, and the genetic &
molecular bases of neurobiology & behavior. The Department of Biological Science
faculty listed above are also members of our Program in
Neuroscience, a separately funded
interdepartmental research and graduate training program at Florida State University. The
Program includes faculty from the departments of Biological Science, Psychology, and
Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science. Its objective is to promote interdisciplinary basic
research into neural processes. The program also administers the neuroscience Ph.D.
degree. This alternative doctoral track is available to Biological Science graduate
students studying with neuroscience program faculty (visit our Program in Neuroscience
website).
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