Biochemistry Academic Department

Affiliation

people

• position

  • Maxfield, Frederick R., Vladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience 2007 -
  • Simon, David J., Fernholz Foundation Research Scholar in Neuroscience 2022 -
  • Stuhlmann, Heidi , Acting Chair of Biochemistry 2021 -

organization within

• Weill Cornell Medical College 

Research

administers grant

• A Better PGK-1 Activator for PD
• Analysis of synaptic protein dynamics
• Biology and mechanism of an ancestral opsin function
• Cell cycle control of adipogenesis
• Characterizing a novel mechanism that contributes to the development of atherosclerosis
• Circuit-based discovery of new antidepressant targets
• Evolution of protein multifunctionality
• Genetically-Targeted Photo-Pharmacology for Native Opioid Receptors
• Impaired integration of organelle function in Parkinson''s disease
• Impaired integration of organelle function in Parkinson''s disease
• Insulin control of GLUT4 traffic to the plasma membrane of adipocytes
• Investigating the roles of sterol transport protein STARD4 in foam cell formation
• Macrophage-Lipoprotein Interactions
• Mechanisms of Regulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
• Mechanisms of Regulation of Neuronal GPCRs by KCTDs
• Metabolic Vulnerability of Synapses in Neurodegenerative Disease
• Molecular and synaptic mechanisms of neurotrophin-glutamate crosstalk
• Molecular basis of congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1N
• Neural regulation of tumorigenesis
• Photopharmacological interrogation of presynaptic neuromodulation of cortico-amygdalar circuits
• Physiology of single synaptic CNS terminals
• Role of microglial lysosomes in amyloid-A-beta degradation
• Scramblases for protein glycosylation
• Society of Fellows Junior Fellows 2024: Nomination Application MP-SFJ-00005992
• Structural basis and physiological consequences of alpha-Synuclein binding to neurexin 1beta
• Structure and Function of Protein Disorder in Membrane Trafficking and Organization
• Structure and Function of Protein Disorder in Membrane Trafficking and Organization
• Structure and Function of Tau
• Structure and function of GPCR heteromeric complexes in brain
• The role of axon pruning in neurodevelopmental disorders
• The role of post-translational modifications in alpha-synuclein function and pathology
• Two approaches: Chaperones and targeted cyclodextrins
• Unraveling the mechanisms of synaptic neuromodulation by G protein-coupled receptors