Functional
& Regulatory Systems
The
Functional & Regulatory Systems thematic area focuses
on fundamental physiological mechanisms and how they have
evolved, with emphasis on organisms as integrated systems.
This area includes comparative physiology, neurophysiology,
mechanisms of solute transport, and comparative or evolutionary
immunology. It includes research at the genetic, genomic,
cellular, tissue, organ, system, and organismal levels of
organization. Also supported in this area are studies of
neuronal and glial cell function and synaptic mechanisms
as they relate to integrated organismal systems. Proposals
for computational modeling to further understanding of physiological
processes in organisms are encouraged.
Target
Dates: January 12 & July 12
Program
Directors:
Steve
Rodermel - Plant physiology and molecular biology,
including metabolism and mechanisms of response to abiotic factors
and growth regulators
Ione
Hunt von Herbing - Comparative a nimal physiology,
including immunology, endocrinology, and physiological
energetics
Thomas
Vandergon - Evolutionary and molecular animal
physiology and metabolism
Functional
& Regulatory Systems
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