William J. Muñoz-Miranda

Medical Student year 1
B.S. Biology and Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
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I believe that basic research constitutes a lifeline of practical advances for medicine. This certainty continually fuels my interest in bridging knowledge from single cells to systems and behavior, both in healthy and diseased states. At the laboratory of Dr. Rudy, I study the molecular compositions and subcellular organizations that constitute functional identities within the brain. Along with neuronal connectivity, this functional distinction is responsible for the diversity of processing units that serve particular functions and make information encoding and response generation possible in the nervous system. Alterations in features and arrangements of these components underpin serious neurological diseases. Therefore, investigating these aberrant circuits and recouping their integrity are both professional aspirations and a current research focus of Neuroscience.

Research Interests

The brain as a system that can be reverse engineered. Microscopy and electrophysiology as the means to attain this goal.

Selected Publications