Home Department: Computational Biology
Mentor: Hunter Fraser, Biology

Dr. Hallmayer is particularly interested in understanding how electrical activity and calcium signals control the development of the brain and how this is altered in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Karl Deisseroth
Talk Title: An analysis of new and existing opsins for scientific application
Event: European Biophysical Conference 2011 - The paper that Joanna wrote in relation to her talk was subsequently submitted to Nature Methods.

The biological question that is driving the Wysocka lab's research in the long-term is understanding the epigenetic basis of vertebrate development and differentiation.