Current research
A growing understanding
We have five specialized research units operating in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Between them, they’re tackling projects like:
- cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- computational modeling of cardiac electrophysiology
- role of orexigenic hormone ghrelin in insulin resistance and obesity
- feeding and hormonal abnormalities in Alzheimer's mice models
- molecular analysis of cystic fibrosis
- growth factors, tumour suppressors and cancer
- mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity
- hormones and behaviour
- role of neuropeptide VIP in respiratory diseases
- drug development for the treatment of cystic fibrosis