Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

Theanne Griffith investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the transmission of thermal sensations in both health and disease. Researchers in her lab aim to identify the ion channels and receptors that constitute the transmission machinery in thermosensitive sensory neurons, and understand how their function is regulated under physiological and pathological conditions. To accomplish this, they use an innovation combination of patch-clamp electrophysiology, behavior, molecular profiling, and imaging in a mouse model.