Our faculty applies its broad and internationally recognized expertise in cutting-edge methods of molecular and cell biology, genetics, genomics, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, electrophysiology, biophysics, immunology, protein biochemistry, and pharmacology to the study of the mechanisms of human diseases. Through this knowledge, gained in part through the development of sophisticated animal models, we are also developing new ways of intervention in debilitating illnesses such as:
Areas of Research
- Alzheimer's disease
- Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
- Breast cancer
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- Central core disease
- Heart failure
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscle aging
- Muscle atrophy
- Myotonic dystrophy type 1
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Myasthenia gravis
- Nicotine addiction
- Obesity
- Rheumatoid arthritis