Hermes Yeh, PhD

A Little Bit About the Principal Investigator

I trained as a graduate student in neurophysiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with Dr. Donald Woodward. My Ph.D. thesis work was part of a concerted effort to elucidate the modulatory action of norepinephrine on GABA-mediated synaptic mechanisms in the developing and adult cerebellum, “neuromodulation” not being as household a word then as it is today. This work incited my interest that prevails to this day in the cellular and subcellular mechanisms underlying "heteroreceptor cross-talk". I also acquired extensive background in neuropharmacology during my years as a graduate student and subsequently as a Staff Fellow at the NIH National Eye Institute. I attribute my being able to bridge systems with cellular and molecular neuroscience to these formative training experiences.

I have taught actively in medical and graduate school curricula. Research wise, my lab has benefited from the achievements of talented and dedicated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Although the projects have varied over the years, they all have had in common the theme of neuroreceptor actions, interactions and plasticity, and have not strayed from issues related to the actions of neurotransmitters and the consequences of neurotransmitter receptor interactions on adult as well as developing neurons and neural networks in the central nervous system.

I take tremendous pride in having continuously trained and mentored graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. In addition to directing graduate programs and formal teaching activities, I have to date mentored 14 graduate students, 13 postdoctoral fellows, and currently mentor graduate students from the Integrated Neuroscience at Dartmouth (IND) and Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) graduate programs. I also serve on the thesis committee of a number of students from both graduate programs. Our lab is always open to highly motivated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in joining our research ventures in developmental neurobiology.