However, the molecular mechanisms underlying their sensory transduction systems remain largely unknown, primarily due to challenges in visualizing plant responses to external stimuli in real time.

We study the molecular basis of sensory transduction and behavior by investigating the molecular detectors and neural circuits that sense temperature and chemicals. We study thermal and chemical ...

One of the most studied mechanosensitive channels is Piezo1, which is involved in sensory mechanotransduction—the process by which mechanical signals are converted into electrical signals in the ...

Research in the Department of Biological Sciences examines levels of biological complexity from molecules to populations, with three areas of focus in molecular biology of gene expression, signal ...