David Zenisek PhD

Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Departments & Organizations

Affiliated Faculty

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Kavli Institute for Neuroscience

Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Membrane Protein Sorting and Trafficking | Neurobiology and Physiology of Synapses | Cell to Cell Communication | Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Research Interests

Physiology and cell biology of the presynaptic terminal; Retinal Bipolar Neuron; Synaptic Terminal; Synaptic Ribbons; Vesicle Transport; Exocytosis; Endocytosis

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Education

  • Ph.D., State University of New York , 1998

Selected Publication

  • Snellman, J., Mehta, B., Babai, N., Bartoletti, T.M., Francis, A., Akmentin, W., Matthews, G., Thoreson, W. and Zenisek, D. (2011) Acute destruction of the synaptic ribbon reveals a role for the ribbon in vesicle priming. Nature Neuroscience.14: 1135-1141.

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