Nobis Lab Epilepsy research at VUMC

The Nobis lab is actively recruiting students and post-docs! Please join our team!

The Nobis Lab

Our lab uses cutting edge techniques to take a neural circuit approach to study epilepsy, in particular seizure-related respiratory dysfunction and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Our goal is to harness this knowledge to develop strategies to prevent SUDEP and treat epilepsy and its comorbidities. Toward this goal, we use a variety of approaches including electrophysiology, imaging, optogenetics, plethysmography, fiber photometry, calcium imaging, EEG and telemetry.

Highlights

Our Research

Our Research

Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder that encompasses more than simply repeated seizures and requires a multidisciplinary approach to make scientific advances. Our hope is that combining multiple research techniques can make headway to inform new therapeutic approaches for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy prevention and the treatment of epilepsy and its comorbidities, as well as other neurologic disease with shared pathophysiology such as sudden unexpected infant death and respiratory depression.

Meet our team

Meet our team

Our lab is made up of some fantastic people!

Join our team!

Join our team!

Join our team! The Nobis lab is actively recuriting post-docs and graduate students!