Daphne Soares’s (NACS '02), discovery of Dome Pressure Receptors, pressure-detecting mounds that enable crocodilians to detect movement of prey in water, appears in Nature. | Research Topics |

James Battey, Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Position: Adjunct Professor
Departments: National Institutes of Health
Affiliations: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Research Areas: Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Research Levels: Cell/Molecular Neuroscience
Research Approaches: Molecular/Cell Biology
Research Note: Our section is interested in elucidating the structure, function, and regulation of G protein coupled receptors, the largest family of proteins in the genome that mediate intracellular signaling. Our attention is focused primarily on the bombesin receptor subfamily and candidate taste receptors.
Contact: NIH
301-402-0900
batteyj@nidcd.nih.gov
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Lewis Wheaton (NACS '05) has worked across labs and institutions fully realizing the NACS interdisciplary model. His studies with Dr Hallet (NIH) and advisor Cohen (UMD) have been towards uncovering the mechanisms that inhibit a stroke survivor's movements. | Feaured NACS Alumnni |

 

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