Neurobiology Lab at UC Santa Barbara

The Kosik lab intends to create an intellectual setting conducive to the exploration of fundamental biological processes related to brain function and dysfunction and evolution. The approach is largely reductionist with an emphasis on genes, molecules, cells and electrophysiologic recordings, studies in the lab encompass systems level informatic approaches using large genomic and transcriptional and physiology data sets. Behind all the lab projects stands the overarching principle stated by Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."