The Channelopathy-Associated Epilepsy Research Center, led by Alfred George, Jr., MD, chair and Magerstadt Professor of Pharmacology, will focus on investigating sodium and potassium channel genes, the dominant class of genes responsible for early childhood-onset epilepsy.
Eugene Silinsky, PhD, received the Dean's Teaching Award in 2017 and Murali Prakriya, PhD, was a recipient in 2016.
Alfred George, Jr., MD, chair and Magerstadt Professor of Pharmacology will co-direct the George M. O’Brien Kidney Core Center (NU-GoKIDNEY), bringing together basic and clinical scientists to advance kidney disease discovery.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the inner workings of an important calcium channel, with implications for the treatment of disease.
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