https://www.synapticbiology.org/who-we-are daily 0.75 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550714807671-N37FF9OBJ98CQJATI8R0/2018-05-19+10.49.59.jpg Who We Are Members of the Jefferson Synaptic Biology Center at the 2018 Eagles Autism Challenge Left to right: Tim Mosca, Matthew Dalva, Le Ma, Kyunghee Koh, Phil the Ram, Diane Merry, Dinis Afonso, and Judith Ross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550860462020-LKKUDBK3V27CDSR620Y9/Ross.png Who We Are Judith Ross, M.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/f477d8f0-0627-44d1-af1d-66a92b25359c/headshot-2018-02.jpg Who We Are - Make it stand out Elena Blanco-Suarez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551111771634-2HJCYDTMHV6XJH8TMQOQ/Covarrubias.jpg Who We Are Manuel Covarrubias, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/5e5b52c7-74ab-4507-8da8-2759a5f08acf/Le+Ma+-neurozoom.jpg Who We Are Le Ma, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550775576976-HD4SG1O7S0VHFU116RC6/Koh.jpg Who We Are Kyunghee Koh, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550782074912-N5ZB657GR7RMP20IY6CR/Merry+2.jpg Who We Are Diane Merry, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551385870533-IHS4D9PBJ42C4V2XBATM/Dalva.jpg Who We Are Matthew Dalva, Ph.D. Director of the Synaptic Biology Center Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550775412487-W2F8ACBYZA2MQW7NYNEV/Mosca.jpg Who We Are Tim Mosca, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550775558387-DMQ1ZEI3KYRY955G44MG/Levitan.jpg Who We Are Irwin Levitan, Ph.D. Former Chair, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551058274970-1DRFGN3EW7K1113E2MW3/Hruska.jpg Who We Are Martin Hruska, Ph.D. Instructor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551058274970-1DRFGN3EW7K1113E2MW3/Hruska.jpg Who We Are Martin Hruska, Ph.D. Instructor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550714807671-N37FF9OBJ98CQJATI8R0/2018-05-19+10.49.59.jpg Who We Are Members of the Jefferson Synaptic Biology Center at the 2018 Eagles Autism Challenge Left to right: Tim Mosca, Matthew Dalva, Le Ma, Kyunghee Koh, Phil the Ram, Diane Merry, Dinis Afonso, and Judith Ross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/5e5b52c7-74ab-4507-8da8-2759a5f08acf/Le+Ma+-neurozoom.jpg Who We Are Le Ma, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551111771634-2HJCYDTMHV6XJH8TMQOQ/Covarrubias.jpg Who We Are Manuel Covarrubias, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1551385870533-IHS4D9PBJ42C4V2XBATM/Dalva.jpg Who We Are Matthew Dalva, Ph.D. Director of the Synaptic Biology Center Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550775412487-W2F8ACBYZA2MQW7NYNEV/Mosca.jpg Who We Are Tim Mosca, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550860462020-LKKUDBK3V27CDSR620Y9/Ross.png Who We Are Judith Ross, M.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550775558387-DMQ1ZEI3KYRY955G44MG/Levitan.jpg Who We Are Irwin Levitan, Ph.D. Former Chair, Department of Neuroscience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1550782074912-N5ZB657GR7RMP20IY6CR/Merry+2.jpg Who We Are Diane Merry, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/f477d8f0-0627-44d1-af1d-66a92b25359c/headshot-2018-02.jpg Who We Are - 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Dr. Levitan is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including two successive National Institutes of Health Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards and two awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1681159518589-AGFMWQVN3GMUBCRAXQE6/Dalva.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1681159540694-VR026ZNVEDEB6V2P6ZA4/headshot-2018-02.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1681159518547-5HNODWT2YD3ZE794SD8Y/chang-gyu.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1681159519351-SIX1TQNJK064DNGKMSAB/Le+Ma+-neurozoom.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/33e70adc-19cd-416c-8e9f-ca2a6a3de3b5/irwin.jpg Home - Dr. Irwin Levitan Professor and former Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and also the former Director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University. 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Dr. Levitan is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including two successive National Institutes of Health Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards and two awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/1677336364451-UGIUQOKT4S3M5J1RQZGL/RNAscope01.png Home https://www.synapticbiology.org/speakers daily 0.75 2023-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/9a6b2f21-cfca-4e51-a5c3-387632804efc/richard_kramer.jpg Speakers - Richard Kramer, PhD UC Berkeley Dr. Kramer is a Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology. His research includes the study of photochemical tools for understanding and re-animating neural signaling. 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Her work has been instrumental in demonstrating the existence of "self-tuning" mechanisms that allow neurons and circuits to adjust their excitability to prevent states of hyper- or hypoexcitability that underlie brain disorders such as epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c634841f8135a3e4bb2646f/fb1c2877-1591-4a9d-9686-70875192df67/lenscientist.jpg Speakers - Dr. Leonard Kaczmarek Yale University Dr. Kaczmarek is a Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine. He served as Chairman of the Yale Department of Pharmacology from 1989 to 1998. His group discovered the genes for many of the ion channel proteins that are directly responsible for the electrical excitability of nerve cells. He is currently investigating the way mutations in these proteins in humans are responsible for several forms of intellectual disability and autism. 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