Andrew Jenkins

Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America

B.Sc. in Physics, 1991, University of London (Imperial College), Ph.D. in Biophysics, 1995, University of London (Imperial College), Postdoctoral Assistant, 1995-1998 Biophysics Department, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College in the laboratory of Nick Franks and Bill Lieb,. Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-1999, University of Chicago in the laboratory of Neil L. Harrison, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1999-2000, Dept. Anesthesiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York in the laboratory of Neil L. Harrison, Instructor, 2000-2003, Dept. Anesthesiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY in the C.V. Starr Laboratory (Neil L. Harrison Director). Member of the Society for Neuroscience, Member of the Biophysical Society

Research Interests: Understanding the molecular physiology of ion channels through structure directed mutagenesis, electrophysiology and computational modeling.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Anesthetic Mechanisms (since 23 January 2006)

Links

http://www.jenkinslab.org

All recent recommendations

• 8.0
  Competitive inhibition at the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor by the anesthetics xenon and isoflurane: evidence from molecular modeling and electrophysiology.
  Recommended by Douglas Raines, Andrew Jenkins
  
• 9.0
  Mapping the contribution of beta3-containing GABAA receptors to volatile and intravenous general anesthetic actions.
  Recommended by Andrew Jenkins
  
• 3.0
  Lack of enantiomeric specificity in the effects of anesthetic steroids on lipid bilayers.
  Recommended by Andrew Jenkins
  
• 6.0
  Charged residues in the alpha1 and beta2 pre-M1 regions involved in GABAA receptor activation.
  Recommended by Andrew Jenkins