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Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

 
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Cellular and systems physiology has a strong presence across our department and encompasses a wide range of research activities to answer fundamental questions about cell physiology and the integration of responses at the tissue and whole organism level. The interdisciplinary nature of this research means that there are often synergistic interactions with the other research themes in the Department.

The research groups in this theme use a wide range of techniques including cell imaging and signalling pathways, electrophysiology, optogenetics, metabolic and hormone profiling, transgenic mouse analysis and mathematical modelling.

 

Labs

Laboratory for primate embryogenesis

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Colledge lab

Reproductive physiology and the role of kisspeptin in the central regulation of the reproductive axis.

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Forhead lab

Mammalian endocrinology and the hormonal regulation of fetal physiology and development

Franze lab

Mechanics in nervous system development and pathology

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Fraser lab

Cardiac and skeletal muscle electrophysiology

Galliano lab

Neural network development, plasticity and impact on behaviour

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Giussani lab

How adverse conditions during pregnancy can programme heart disease in the adult offspring

Herbison lab

Properties and functioning of the key neural populations controlling fertility in mammals

Johnson lab

Physiology of hypoxic response

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Mason lab

Characterisation and identification of novel ion channels in cells of leukaemic origin

Matthews lab

Phototransduction and olfactory transduction

Synaptic and network function in cortical development and neurodevelopmental disorders

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Murray lab

Mitochondrial function, how this is altered by metabolic diseases, development, ageing, diet, exercise and oxygen

Paulsen lab

Cellular basis of information processing in the mammalian brain

Raffan lab

Underlying links between genes and obesity in dogs and humans

Robinson lab

Ion channels and neuron dynamics

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Sage lab

Calcium signalling mechanisms in human blood platelets

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How pH changes arise in the central nervous system and their effect on neuronal excitability, homeostatic control during exercise

Winter lab

Primitive neural mechanisms of auditory scene analysis

   

Other Academics specializing in this area

Roger Hardie

Retired

Abby Fowden

Retired

huang

Retired

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Virgilio Lew

Retired

patterson

Roy Patterson

Retired

thomas

Roger Thomas

Retired

tiffert

Teresa Tiffert

Retired