We are part of the Department of Physiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

We strive to understand how poisonous animals survive their own neurotoxins, how ion channels work and to develop a new generation of pharmacological tools to control these molecular machines running our brain, perception of our environment, movements, and heartbeats.

We do this in a collaborative scientific environment where scientists and trainees from all backgrounds are welcome, respected, supported, and celebrated.