Physiology
This is a particularly exciting time in biomedical research where new techniques and discoveries in the laboratory are rapidly being translated into clinical breakthroughs. Physiology lies at the center of this excitement. Physiologists utilize experimental approaches at the molecular, cellular and organ systems level to learn how the body functions work and how these functions fail in disease.
Modern physiological research is interdisciplinary by design; the complex problems faced by biologists today require the use of many different techniques that address issues at all levels of biological organization. The primary mission of the Department of Physiology is to develop and maintain an excellent program of research and teaching in physiology, an integrative discipline that addresses questions of biological function using approaches ranging from molecular to whole-organism levels.
Research in the Physiological Sciences approaches problems using a panoply of modern techniques including: single channel voltage clamping, electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, imaging, cell and tissue culture, perfusion and microperfusion, recombinant DNA, gene expression, micro-arrays, in situ hybridization, gene therapy, transgenic animals, radioimmunoassays, electrophoresis, intra- and extracellular recordings, electrical stimulation of sensory receptors, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance angiography, ultrasound, tissue engineering, and NMR spectroscopy of intact cells, tissues and organs.
Our department offers a breadth of research opportunities for students that span from the molecular and cellular to the systems levels of physiology. Research interests of the faculty represent six major categories:
Department Head:
Nicholas A. Delamere, PhD
Contact information:
Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 4104
PO Box 245051
Tucson, Arizona 85724
Tel: 520/626-6425
Fax: 520/626-2382
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