Maria Bykhovskaia
Wayne State University, USA
Biography
Maria Bykhovskaia is an expert in synaptic transmission. Her lab combines molecular modeling and computations with electrophysiology, microscopy, and molecular biology approaches. She hold a Professor’s position in the WSU. Her Ph.D. training was in protein molecular modeling, and subsequently she used a postdoc in computational neuroscience to initiate a career devoted to the study of presynaptic mechanisms and plasticity. As a PI, she has developed in her lab expertise in electrophysiology, live confocal imaging, and electron microscopy. The lab combines these experimental approaches with mathematical modeling to understand the fundamental mechanisms of release of neuronal transmitters.
Abstract
Abstract : Protein Machinery Regulating the Synaptic Vesicle Fusion