Education:

• Physiology and Biophysics, HHMI & University of Washington, Postdoc 1999-2003
• Physiology, Yale University, PhD 1998
• Biophysics, Beijing University, China, MS 1991
• Physiology and Biophysics, Beijing, China, BS 1988

Research Interests:

Neuropharmacology and Toxicology, Molecular, Cellular and Biochemical Toxicology

Research Summary:

Ion channel gating mechanisms: heat activation of thermoTRP channels (biosensors for ambient temperature and painful stimuli)

Highlighted Techniques:

Patch clamp, Fluorescence microscopy, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Infrared laser heating

Lab Rotation Availability: Yes
Funding Sources: NIH RO1
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