Research Expertise - Themes and Technologies

Research Themes | Research Technologies

Diseases and ConceptsInvestigators
Pain MechanismsBo Chen, Guangchen Ji, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Young-Hwan Jung, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang, Subo Yuan
Neurotrauma (SCI,TBI)Bo Chen, Rinat Esenaliev, Sagar Gaikwad, Bin Pan, Ping Wu, Gracie Vargas, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang
Neuroinfectious DiseaseEliseo Eugenin, Young-Hwan Jung, Bi-Hung Peng, Brendan Prideaux, Silvana Valdebenito-Silva, Gracie VargasPing Wu, Subo Yuan
Neurodegenerative and neuroimmune diseasesKae-Jiun Chang, Eliseo Eugenin, Sagar Gaikwad, Young-Hwan Jung, Volker Neugebauer, Andres Oberhauser, Partha Sarkar, Jun-Ho LaGracie Vargas
Substance use disorder and mental behaviorEliseo Eugenin, Sagar Gaikwad, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Ping Wu
Cell-to-cell signaling (tunneling nanotubes) and cancerEliseo Eugenin, Silvana Valdebenito-Silva
Brain healthRinat Esenaliev, Eliseo Eugenin, Sagar Gaikwad, Guangchen Ji, Young-Hwan Jung, Kyle Koss, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Brendan Prideaux, Partha Sarkar, Gracie Vargas, Silvana Valdebenito-Silva, Ping Wu
Neuroplasticity and neurodevelopmentKae-Jiun Chang, Bo Chen, Eliseo Eugenin, Owen Hamill, Guangchen Ji, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Volker Neugebauer, Jun-Ho La, Bin Pan, Ping Wu, Qing Yang, Subo Yuan
Neuroimmune signaling and myelin plasticityKae-Jiun Chang, Eliseo Eugenin, Li-Yen Mae Huang Guangchen Ji, Kyle Koss, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bi-Hung Peng, Gracie Vargas
Single molecule biophysicsAndres Oberhauser, Eliseo Eugenin
MechanotransductionZizhen Wu
Drug discoveryYoung-Hwan Jung, Kyle Koss

Research Technologies

Areas Investigators
Stem cellsPing Wu
Transgenic modelsKae-Jiun Chang, Eliseo Eugenin, Guangchen JiVolker Neugebauer, Ping Wu, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang, Jun-Ho La
Rodent behaviorBo Chen, Sagar Gaikwad, Guangchen Ji, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Ping Wu, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang
Brain and spinal cord slice physiologyEliseo Eugenin, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Guangchen Ji, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Jun-Ho La
Electrophysiology
Bo Chen, Eliseo Eugenin, Owen Hamill, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Guangchen Ji, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Silvana Valdebenito-Silva, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang, Andres Oberhauser
Chemogenetics and optogeneticsGuangchen Ji, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang
Drug delivery (nanoparticles)Rinat Esenaliev
Medicinal chemistryYoung-Hwan Jung
Atomic Force microscopyAndres Oberhauser
Electron microscopy – Correlative microscopyEliseo Eugenin, Qing Yang
Multiphoton and calcium imaging
Andres Oberhauser, Guangchen Ji,, Volker Neugebauer, Bin Pan, Gracie Vargas, Zizhen Wu, Jun-Ho La
Confocal microscopyBo Chen, Eliseo Eugenin, Guangchen Ji,, Li-Yen Mae Huang, Jun-Ho La, Volker Neugebauer, Bi-Hung Peng, Gracie Vargas, Ping Wu, Zizhen Wu, Qing Yang
Fluorescence microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)Eliseo Eugenin, Andres Oberhauser, Gracie Vargas, Ping Wu, Qing Yang
Fluorescence spectroscopyEliseo Eugenin, Andres Oberhauser, Gracie Vargas
Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy (SHGM)
Gracie Vargas
Optoacoustic imaging and monitoringRinat Esenaliev
Mass Spectrometry Imaging - Metabolomics and LipidomicsBrendan Prideaux
Structural biology and bioinformatics (Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Structural Modeling)Andres Oberhauser
HPLC/FPLCEliseo Eugenin, Andres Oberhauser
RNA Seq/Next Generation SequencingKae-Jiun Chang, Eliseo Eugenin, Ping Wu, Qing Yang
Biomedical engineeringRinat Esenaliev, Kyle Koss,Gracie Vargas
Last updated: September 11, 2026