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Science in Medicine presents Fred Rieke, Jan 14th
“Retinal Encoding of Natural Images” A central goal in the study of any sensory system is to predict neural responses to natural inputs. Nowhere is the transformation from stimulus to response better understood than the vertebrate retina. Nevertheless, descriptions of how the retina works are largely based on artificial visual stimuli, and it is not…
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Sharona Gordon Talks about Riding in the Rain
“The rain makes me feel connected to nature,” Gordon says. “The trail is less crowded. What’s not to like?” Gordon is a professor of Physiology and Biophysics who studies how the body becomes sensitized to pain. She bikes to work about four times per week. Her husband, a faculty member in the School of Nursing,…
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Beth Buffalo and Adrienne Fairhall receive Simons Foundation grant
Beth Buffalo and Adrienne Fairhall have received a research award from the Simons Foundation, through the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain. The primary goal of the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain is to expand our understanding of the role of internal brain processes in the arc from sensation to action, thereby discovering the…
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Sharona Gordon appointed chair of NHLBI Board of Scientific Counselors
Sharona Gordon has been named chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The Board advises the Director and Deputy Director on the intramural research programs of NHLBI.
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Physiology & Biophysics Department ranks first in nation in grant funding
According to the 2014 ACDP survey of grant funding just published, the UW Department of Physiology & Biophysics ranked first in total grant funding among physiology departments nationwide. PBIO laboratories received $12.1 million in grant support in the 2014 calendar year, up more than $1 million over 2013 funding. Based on the same survey, our…
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Francisco Bezanilla presents 2015 Hille Lecture
The 25th annual Einar Hille Memorial Lecture in Neuroscience was presented by Francisco Bezanilla, the Lillian Eichelberger Cannon Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Bezanilla, renowned ion channel biophysicist, presented work from his laboratory on “Membrane Capacitance: Two Applications to Neuroscience.”
Dissertation Defense
Image: MouseRGC-bipolar cells and PSD95 – Rachel Wong