Murali Temburni’s Laboratory
Welcome to the Murali Temburni Molecular Neuroscience Research Lab!
Within our laboratory diverse individuals are collaborating to resolve and understand fundamental concerns and mechanisms in neuroscience. Combining molecular and electrophysiological methods, we seek to comprehend both the mechanisms underlying the role of astrocytes in synaptic neurotransmission and it's relevance to neurological disorders such as Epilepsy.
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The Big Idea
We hypothesize that glutamate release at the tripartite synapse plays a role in the cascade of Calcium flux within the astrocyte in turn resulting in exocytosis of glutamate generating simultaneous EPSPs which result in synchronous firing. This hypothesis encourages fundamental and mechanistic neuroscience thinking among our students.
HIGHLIGHTS
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2024
More information to come…
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2023
- (Spring) New Masters Graduate student joins the lab [Denise]
- (Spring) Second round of undergraduate students apart of the HHMI program join the lab and present their research at the end of the semester [Da’Jae, Jada, & Mikaela]
- (Spring) Undergraduate students in the lab graduate with their bachelors in science [Da’Jae, & Rakheti]
- (Summer) Second round of undergraduate students apart of the SUN-R program join the lab and present their research at the summer symposium [Naana & Aaliyah]
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2021 & 2022
-(Fall) Masters’ Student Tobenna defends his Thesis.
- (Summer) Undergraduate students part of the SUN-R program join the lab and present their research at the summer symposium [Raegan, Priya, & Victor]
- (Fall) Undergraduate students apart of the HHMI program join the lab and present their research at the end of the semester [Da’Jae]
- (Fall) PhD Graduate student and Post-Doc presents research at the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego [Tobenna & Ajay, Ph.D.]
Murali Temburni, Ph.D.
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Lab
P.I. & Professor at Delaware State University
