This website illustrates my academic research during my postdoctoral work with Harel Weinstein at Weill Cornell Medical College and PhD work with Vincent Voelz at Temple university.
My postdoctoral academic research was focused on understanding function of membrane proteins that clear neurotransmitters from synaptic cleft. These family of proteins are called neurotransmitter:sodium symporters (NSS) since their function depends on electrochemical gradient of sodium ions across membrane. Important members of NSS family include dopamine transporter (DAT), serotonin transporter (SERT), and norepinephrine transporter (NTE) that remove dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine from synaptic cleft. Proper control of the amount of neurotransmitter in the synapse is important for many brain functions and imbalances are linked to brain related diseases like depression, bipolar disorders, ADHD, Schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s. In my research, I combine MD simulations with kinetic models based on Markov State Models (MSMs) to understand function of NSS family of proteins.
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Asghar Razavi 
About the author asgharrazavi
Asghar Razavi is a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry and Biophysics from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. His current research at the Weinstein lab focuses on developing molecular level quantitative kinetic models to understand thermodynamics, kinetics, and conformational pathways during function of neurotransmitter transporters and G protein-coupled receptors.
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