Structure and Function of Membrane Ion Channels and Transporters

Francois M. Abboud, MD

Function of stretch-activated channels and E-NaC/Degenerin proteins in nodose baroreceptor neurons; Modulation of Na+ and K+ channel activation in baroreceptor neurons by autocrine factors; Molecular mechanisms involved in K+ channel activation in baroreceptor neurons

Abboud Lab
Email: francois-abboud@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 353-3057

Christopher A. Ahern, PhD

Function and pharmacology voltage-gated sodium channels that drive rapid upstroke of the action-potential throughout the body

Ahern Lab
Email: christopher-ahern@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 335-6964

Kevin P. Campbell, PhD

Cell membrane integrity and muscular dystrophy

Campbell Lab
Email: kevin-campbell@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 335-7867

Mark Chapleau, PhD

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that determine baroreceptors reflex sensitivity in normal and pathological states.
Email: mark-chapleau@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 335-8958

Sandipan Chowdhury, PhD

Structural and biophysical mechanisms underlying voltage and ligand regulation of membrane transport

Email: sandipan-chowdhury@uiowa.edu

Stephanie Gantz, PhD

Ion channel function of the delta glutamate receptors

Gantz Lab

Email: stephanie-gantz@uiowa.edu

N. Charles Harata, PhD

Structure and function of synapses in mammalian brains
Email: charles-harata@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 335-7820

Wayne A. Johnson, PhD

Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction

Email: wayne-a-johnson@uiowa.edu

Alexandria Miller, PhD

Ion channels and other membrane proteins in infectious disease

Email: alexandria-miller@uiowa.edu

George Richerson, MD, PhD

Role of GABA transporters in regulation of tonic inhibition, including by releasing GABA by reversing during depolarization

Richerson Lab
Email: george-richerson@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 358-7418

Peter Snyder, PhD

Structure, function, and regulation of DEG/ENaC ion channels, and their role in diseases such as hypertension

Snyder Lab
Email: peter-snyder@uiowa.edu
Telephone: (319) 356-4991

Michael J. Welsh, MD

Structure and function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator chloride channel; Innate immunity in defense of the pulmonary airways; Gene therapy for lung diseases; Biology of ENaC sodium channels and their dysfunction in disease; Structure, function and physiology of nonvoltage-gated sodium channels with an emphasis on mechanosensation

Welsh Lab
Email: michael-welsh@uiowa.edu