Manning J. Correia Ph.D. Principal Investigator
- Jehu M. Robison Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, Neuroscience and Cell Biology 1996-
- Foreign Member of the Bulgarian National Academy of Medicine 2006-
- Claude Pepper Investigator NIDCD, NIH 1992-1999
- Principal Investigator AXON project COSMOS space flight 1989
- Principal Investigator AXON project COSMOS space flight 1992
People in the Lab in June 2007
Federica Farinelli, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Electrophysiology, 2004, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Concentrations: Vestibular hair cells, Calcium channels.
Dissertation: “Calcium Homeostasis and Sodium permeability of voltage-gated hair cell calcium channels of the frog labyrinth.”
Master’s Degree in Mathematics, 2000, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Concentrations: Mathematical physics, Numerical analysis.
Thesis: “Numerical resolution of Hodgkin-Huxley equations in nervous conduction”.
Post doctoral Fellow in Dr. Correia’s lab since 2005. UTMB, Galveston, Tx , USA.
Concentrations: Kinetics and structure of Kir 2.1.
Gangquiang Li, M.D.
“I got my M.D. from the Fourth Military Medical University in 1996. In 2002, I entered the GSBS Neuroscience Graduate Program of UTMB as a Ph.D. student. The research area of my project is to study the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression on the peripheral vestibular system and its modulation effect on Kir2.1 channels located on the vestibular hair cells.”
Holly Dunn
“I am a second year medical student participating in the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP). I graduated from Angelo State University in May of 2006.”
Molly Behymer
“I graduated from Copperas Cove High School in Copperas Cove, Texas in 2004. I am now a senior in college at Texas A & M- Galveston, majoring in marine biology. I plan to go to graduate school and get my Ph.D. in developmental cell biology.”
Frank (Yifan) Weng
"I am soon to be a junior at Clear Lake High School and the designer of this website."
