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Joe Howard

Professor; Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Physics
Research Interests: Microtubules and molecular motors. Branching morphogenesis of neurons. Motility of cilia and flagella. Nerve nets.

Research Area(s)

Computational biology

Imaging biological systems

Neuroscience

Properties, structure, and composition of biological systems

Systems biology

Howard Lab

PEB Students

  • Dr. Rajshekhar (Raj) Basak

    Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (Howard lab)
    Thesis title: “Biophysical Characterization of Somatosensory Responses in Drosophila Class IV Dendritic Arborization Neurons”

  • Dr. Wanyu Lei

    Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (Howard Lab)

  • Xiaoyi Ouyang

    Physics (Howard Lab)
    Research Interests: Neuronal morphogenesis, cilia motility

  • Dr. Olivier Trottier

    Physics (Howard Lab)
    Thesis Title: “Morphogenesis of Class IV Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster”