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Mandel, Gail |
Location
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Oregon Health & Science University |
Primary Field
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Physiology and Pharmacology |
Secondary Field
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience |
Election Citation
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Mandel has been a pioneer in the molecular identification of voltage activated ion channels and their regulatory elements. She discovered the key repressors that determine whether a cell becomes a neuron, and established the concept of transcriptional repression as a gatekeeper of the neuronal phenotype. |
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