MD/PhD student - Armen Arevian |
Ph.D. student - Jason Castro |
Ph.D. Studemt - Saksham Chandra |
Postdoc - Roberto Fernánadez Galán Ph.D. My research is at the juncture between physics -my background- and neurobiology -my vocation. I am focusing on understanding biophysical mechanisms for neuronal synchronization and its role in sensory coding. To this end, I study phase-response curves and stochastic synchronization in real neurons, which allows me to construct realistic computer models of neuronal networks, like the olfactory bulb. |
Ph.D. student - Ken Hovis I am currently working on a project along with Jason Castro examining the spontaneous synaptic activity of mitral cells as a result of activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the accessory olfactory bulb.
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Ph.D. student - Daniel Jimenez I am interested in the functional integration of stem cells into neural circuits. Our experiments in the olfactory bulb point to ongoing activity as a modulator of the ability of neural stem cells to enter an existing neural system. In order to investigate this we use a variety of techniques including viral transfection, behavior, electrophysiology, and 2 photon in vivo imaging.
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Ph.D. Student - Vikrant Kapoor |
Research Technician - Greg LaRocca I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982 with a B.S. in Microbiology, and since that time have worked at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Cellomics, Inc. My current responsibilities include immunohistological staining and imaging of olfactory bulb slices, maintaining the labs’ microscope systems, and ordering supplies. |
Principle Investigator - Nathan Urban, Ph.D. |
Postdoc - Sameer Walawalkar, Ph.D. |
| Urban Lab Alumni | |
Josh Bagley - Former Undergraduate I study the specification of adult-born neurons into different biochemical subtypes of olfactory bulb neurons such as those expressing calretinin, calbindin, tyrosine-hydroxylase, n-copine, and GABA. Currently this involves the expression of these markers at different periods from the last division of these newly generated neurons in the adult mouse. |
Nicolas Fourcaud Trocmé Ph.D. - Former Postdoc |
| Urban Lab Collaborators | Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh Department of Mathematics Troy Margrie, University College London Pavel Osten, Northwestern University Jay McClelland, Stanford University |
