The structure and function of ion channels with emphasis on K+ channels is the subject of my research. These integral membrane proteins mediate the passive flow of K+ ions across cell membranes, ...

Reinhard Genzel, born 1952 in Bad Homburg v d H, Germany, is currently the Director of Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a Professor in the Physics Department of the University of ...

My current research topics are in the fields of econometrics and economic theory, specifically, the economics of aging, savings behavior, demographic trends, housing mobility, dynamics of health and ...

Lenore Fahrig, PhD, is Chancellor’s Professor of Biology and Gray Merriam Chair in Landscape Ecology at Carleton University, Canada. She earned her BSc in Biology from Queen’s University, her MSc from ...

Mary E. Hatten is a developmental neurobiologist recognized for her work on cerebellar development. She is known particularly for her elucidation of the mechanisms underlying glial-guided neuronal ...

Hake was born in Iowa City, Iowa. Her family moved to California when she was 10, but she returned to Iowa to attend Grinnell College. From there, she went to Washington University for her PhD in ...

My interests revolve around theoretical chemistry; the electronic structure of organic, inorganic and organometallic molecules, also of one-, two-, and three-dimensional extended structure; and ...

My research program is focused on understanding the mechanisms by which tumors develop from once-normal cells resident in their natural tissue microenvironments, a process that evidently involves the ...

Linda Hsieh-Wilson is a chemist known for her work on understanding the structure and function of carbohydrates in the nervous system. Her studies have revealed critical roles for carbohydrates and ...

Mitzi I. Kuroda is a Professor of Genetics and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School & Brigham & Women’s Hospital. She is a molecular biologist recognized for her work on mechanisms of ...

Given a polynomial equation with integer ("whole number") coefficients in several variables, e.g., say f(X, Y) := Y^2 + X^3 - X + 1 = 0, we want to understand its "solutions", in all possible senses ...

Geoffrey Hinton received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh in 1978. After five years as a faculty member at Carnegie-Mellon he became a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced ...