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Dr. McGee combines the experimental techniques of conditional mouse genetics, electrophysiology, repeated two-photon calcium imaging in vivo, and behavioral assessments of vision, to explore how to modulate plasticity for therapeutic gain in disorders of vision.

Work in the Wu laboratory centers on adaptive immunity, renal hemodynamics, and gene-environment interactions in hypertension and kidney disease. The overarching research goal is to define renal microcirculation, the role of immune cells in electrolyte transport, and the susceptibility of these processes to genetic variants and environmental stressors.

Dr. Antonson is an Assistant Professor in the Immunophysiology and Behavior Program within the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). She established her research program in 2021 to investigate how prenatal inflammatory exposures alter placental function and fetal brain development. Dr. Antonson's multidisciplinary training in immunology, neuroscience, reproductive physiology, and microbiology enables her to interrogate complex interactions across the maternal-fetal interface and placenta-brain axis.

The goal of the Crowley lab has been to explore the functions of
inflammatory cell populations in propagating hypertension and
end-organ damage during activation of the renin-angiotensin
system.