Research Interests

Research focus: Signal transduction and regulation of intracellular calcium; mechanisms involved in the generation and regulation of action potentials in vascular smooth muscle cells; ion channel regulation in vascular and airway smooth muscle cells; fluorescence measurements of intracellular ion concentrations, patch clamp electrophysiology, protein biochemistry, image analysis of isolated and in situ blood vessel diameter, precision-cut lung slices, in vivo measurement of blood pressure and flow.