Insect physiology and behavior; mechanisms of learning

Neuroimmunology; avian immune system; immunobiotechnological tools

Regulation of steroid hormone-transduced signals; in vitro models

Motor learning and performance in humans; balance, posture, and coordination

Brain and cognitive development; drug and alcohol abuse; rodent, ovine, and zebrafish animal models

Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation and disease

Estrogen effects on aging brain; drug-receptor interactions; alcohol; teratogens; rodent models

Neural regeneration; spinal cord injury in humans; neurosurgery

Cellular and molecular regulation of motivated behaviors; genetics of behavior and development in C. elegans

Embedded signal processing methodologies; design and development of wearable computers for health monitoring

Clinical orthopedics; neurosurgery and spinal cord injury

Neuroimmunology; coronaviral infection; multiple sclerosis; mouse models

Clinical neurology; neurosurgery; spinal cord injury

Biophysically based modeling/simulation of nervous systems; computer-aided diagnosis/therapy

Molecular underpinnings of mammalian circadian clock; gene expression regulated by clock genes; mouse models

Circadian clocks in the migration of the monarch butterfly; genes, physiology, and behavior

Neurotoxicology; reproductive/neuroendocrine function

Comparative neuropathology; canine gliomas; canine spinal trauma models

Medical and surgical ophthalmology; glaucoma and ocular pathology in companion animals

Molecular biology of high-grade glioma in humans; neurosurgery

Behavioral pharmacology; feeding; drug addiction; rodent models