{"result":[{"researchInterest":"The auditory sensory cell, the hair cell, detects mechanical stimulation at the atomic level and conveys information regarding frequency and intensity to the brain with high fidelity. Our interests are in identifying specializations associated with mechanotransduction and synaptic transmission leading to the amazing sensitivities of the auditory system. We are also interested in the developmental process, particularly in how development gives insight into repair and regenerative mechanisms.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7527&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Anthony_Ricci","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Anthony","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","displayName":"Anthony Ricci","lastName":"Ricci"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8632&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Damon_Clark","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Damon","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","displayName":"Damon Clark","lastName":"Clark"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9524&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Andy_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Andy","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","displayName":"Andy Chang","lastName":"Chang"},{"researchInterest":"We study natural cellular mechanisms for adapting to genetic change. These include systems activated during normal development and those for detecting and responding to foreign or unwanted genetic activity. Underlying these studies are questions of how a cells can distinguish information as \"self\" versus \"nonself\" or \"wanted\" versus \"unwanted\".","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3989&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Andrew_Fire","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew Fire","lastName":"Fire"},{"researchInterest":"Most types of congenital and acquired hearing loss arise from damage to, or loss of hair cells, the sensory cells of the inner ear.  Our recent work has focused on generating inner ear cell types from stem cells and we are interested in signaling pathways that control hair cell and auditory neuron (re-)generation in vitro and in vivo.  In a second line of research, we are working on the identification and the molceular characterization of proteins that are important for hair cell function.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7084&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Stefan_Heller","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Stefan","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","displayName":"Stefan Heller","lastName":"Heller"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6223&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/William_Gilly","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"William Gilly","lastName":"Gilly"},{"researchInterest":"We study synaptic communication between brain cells with the goal of understanding neuronal computations and memory mechanisms. Main areas of focus include: presynaptic calcium channels, mechanisms of vesicular fusion and recycling. Modulation of synaptic strength through changes in postsynaptic receptors and dendritic morphology. Signaling that links synaptic activity to nuclear transcription and local protein translation. Techniques include imaging, electrophysiology, molecular biology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4189&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Richard_Tsien","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Richard","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Richard Tsien","lastName":"Tsien"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Bhalla's research interests are in the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease and salt-sensitive hypertension. The laboratory is interested in elucidating molecular pathways which regulate mesangial cell hypertrophy and extracellular matrix production in diabetic glomeruli. The laboratory also focuses on molecular mechanisms of insulin and aldosterone induced sodium transport in the distal nephron.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8442&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Vivek_Bhalla","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"firstName":"Vivek","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","displayName":"Vivek Bhalla, MD","lastName":"Bhalla"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Andrew_Yoo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","displayName":"Andrew Yoo","lastName":"Yoo"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6245&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Stuart_Thompson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Stuart","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Stuart Thompson","lastName":"Thompson"},{"researchInterest":"Clinical: \r\nPulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)\r\n\r\nBasic Science: \r\nLung epithelial sodium transport","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8414&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Hugh_O'Brodovich","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"Hugh","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics","displayName":"Hugh O'Brodovich","lastName":"O'Brodovich"},{"researchInterest":"We are interested in the hormonal and signal transduction pathways that control epithelial ion transport.  Our model system involves tight epithelia, typically found in the distal nephron of the kidney.  Clinical implications of our work include a better understanding of the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension and hypertension associated with the insulin resistance syndrome.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8440&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Alan_Pao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrolithiasis"}],"firstName":"Alan","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","displayName":"Alan C. Pao","lastName":"Pao"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Amy Eastwood\u0092s career has not just bloomed\u0097it has rocketed.  From her takeoff in high school where her chemistry teacher inspired her to pursue a career in science, Dr. Eastwood obtained her Ph.D. at Caltech University, which in turn drew her interest to look at her research on ion channels in a more natural environment.  \r\n\r\nHouston, we have found C. elegans. Dr. Eastwood came to Stanford University in late 2008 and now, with the Stanford University\u0092s Dean Fellowship and a NIH NRSA Fellows","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10621&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Amy_Eastwood","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Amy","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Amy L Eastwood","lastName":"Eastwood"},{"researchInterest":"Mechanisms underlying homologous chromosome pairing, DNA recombination and chromosome remodeling during meiosis, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental system.  High-resolution 3-D imaging of dynamic reorganization of chromosome architecture.  Role of protease inhibitors in regulating sperm activation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4035&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Anne_Villeneuve","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Anne","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","displayName":"Anne Villeneuve","lastName":"Villeneuve"},{"researchInterest":"We are interested in the neuronal mechanisms that underlie synchronous oscillatory activity in the thalamus, cortex and the massively interconnected thalamocortical system. Such oscillations are related to cognitive processes, normal sleep activities and certain forms of epilepsy. Our approach is an analysis of the discrete components (cells, synapses, microcircuits) that make up thalamic and cortical circuits, and reconstitution of components into in silico computational networks.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4124&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/John_Huguenard","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","displayName":"John Huguenard","lastName":"Huguenard"},{"researchInterest":"Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6080&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Karl_Deisseroth","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"firstName":"Karl","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","displayName":"Karl Deisseroth","lastName":"Deisseroth"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9688&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Jessica_Bessler","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Jessica","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","displayName":"Jessica Bessler","lastName":"Bessler"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8576&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Franklin_Mullins","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Molecular Pathology"}],"firstName":"Franklin","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology","displayName":"Franklin Mullins","lastName":"Mullins"},{"researchInterest":"We study molecular mechanisms of calcium signaling with a focus on store-operated CRAC channels and their essential roles in T cell development and function.  Currently we aim to define the molecular mechanism for CRAC channel activation and the means by which calcium signal dynamics mediate specific activation of transcription factors and T-cell genes during development.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4176&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Richard_Lewis","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Richard","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Richard Lewis","lastName":"Lewis"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3795&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Lubert_Stryer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Lubert","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology","displayName":"Lubert Stryer","lastName":"Stryer"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9651&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Wei_Woo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Wei","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","displayName":"Wei-Meng Woo","lastName":"Woo"},{"researchInterest":"Experiments examine \r\n1)intrinsic properties of neuronal membranes; actions of neurotransmitters that regulate neocortical and thalamic excitability\r\n2) chronic epileptogenesis following cortical injury; changes in intracortical connectivity and receptors; \r\n3) effects of early injury and activity on cortical development/maldevelopment Electrophysiological, anatomical and pharmacological techniques employed.\r\n4. prophylaxis of postraumatic epilepsy\r\n5. Neocortical interneuronal function/modulation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4531&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/David_Prince","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","displayName":"David Prince","lastName":"Prince"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9884&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Mara_Schvarzstein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mara","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","displayName":"Mara Schvarzstein","lastName":"Schvarzstein"},{"researchInterest":"Our lab studies the underlying neurobiology of autism and other neuro-developmental disorders.  We are particularly interested in understanding how electrical activity and calcium signals control the development of the brain and how this is altered in children with autism spectrum disorders. We are also developing new tools to study and repair the developing brain.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4040&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Ricardo_Dolmetsch","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ricardo","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology","displayName":"Ricardo Dolmetsch","lastName":"Dolmetsch"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8674&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Hua_Jin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Hua","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Hua Jin","lastName":"Jin"}]}