TPCB Faculty
Roderick MacKinnon, MD
Rockefeller University
Roderick.MacKinnon@rockefeller.edu
Education
MD, 1982, Tufts University School of Medicine
BA, 1978, Brandeis University
Awards
2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
HHMI Investigator
Member, National Academy of Science
Research Topics
- Bioactive Small Molecules
- Chemical probe development
- Macromolecular Structure and Function
- X-ray crystallography
- NMR spectroscopy
- Electrophysiology
Therapeutic Areas
- Neuroscience
Electrical signals play many roles in the body. They control the pace of the heart, regulate the secretion of hormones into the bloodstream and transfer information from one cell to the next in the nervous system. The MacKinnon lab’s research is aimed at understanding the physical and chemical principles underlying electricity in biology, particularly the passage of inorganic ions, such as potassium and chloride, across cell membranes.
Read more about Prof. MacKinnon’s research on the Rockefeller website