Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Neuroscience

Dr. Michael Hadfield - the chemosensory mechanisms of marine slugs, with a special emphasis on finding and characterizing the major gene family that specifies chemoreceptor proteins.

Dr. Daniel Hartline - neuroethology and neuroecology of zooplankton (mechano- and chemoreception in copepods); computational properties of network neurons; and computational studies of space clamp errors in point-clamp experiments.

Dr. Petra Lenz (Associate Faculty) - the relationship between physiological and structural properties of mechanosensory systems in copepods and its relation to behavior and ecology.

Dr. Steven Robinow - genetic and hormonal regulation of nervous system development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, particularly how developmental signals such as hormones, nuclear receptors, trophic factors and synaptic contacts regulate gene expression to control nervous system development and function.


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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Neuroscience
Physiology
Developmental Biology
Invertebrate Zoology
Entomology
Ichthyology
Herpetology
Ornithology
Marine Mammals
Symbiosis
Ethology/Behavioral Ecology
Sensory Biology & Ecology
Ecology,Terrestrial
Ecology, Aquatic
Fisheries Biology
Coral Reef biology
Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Systematics & Taxonomy
Biogeography
Population Ecology
Conservation, Management and Alien Species