Deborah Capes, PhD
Senior Manager, Medical Writing, Cerevel Therapeutics, Madison, WI
Advisor: Dr. Baron Chanda
Graduation: 06/2012
Research Interest: Fluorescence and electrophysiological studies of coupling in the Na+ channel voltage sensors
Biography
Alumni News
- Debbie has worked at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Dr. Timothy Kamp’s lab in the Department of Medicine as a post-doc. Her work includes studying modulation and behavior of the L-type Calcium channel in addition to working with induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes.
Honors & Awards
- 2013: CVRC Postdoctoral grant
- 2013: Speaker at 2013 Biophysical Society Meeting
- 2013: Training Grant T32-HL07936, NIH
- 2012: Education Committee Travel Award, Biophysical Society
- 2008: Training Grant T32-HL07936, NIH
Publications
- Goldschen-Ohm MP, Capes DL, Oelstrom KM, and Chanda B. (2013) Multiple pore conformations driven by asynchronous movements of voltage sensors in a eukaryotic sodium channel. Nat Commun. 2013 Jan 15;4:1350. PMID: 23322038
- Capes DL, Arcisio-Miranda M, Jarecki BW, French RJ, Chanda B (2012). Gating transitions in the selectivity filter region of a sodium channel are coupled to the domain IV voltage sensor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(7):2648-53. PMID: 22308389