| The laboratories
of Eric Bittman and Mary Harrington study the molecular and
neural bases of endogenous daily (circadian) rhythms in mammals
using the Syrian hamster as a model species. Research is focused
on the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus (SCN), a
master pacemaker, and how photoperiodic information regulates
SCN function. In the Bittman
lab, gene expression in the SCN is analyzed by methods that
include multiple label in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry.
The Harrington lab
is using the brain slice preparation to measure circadian oscillations
from the SCN maintained in vitro. |
