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Dave Weaver

Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)
Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR)
Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)
Vanderbilt Chemical Biology Interface Training Program (VCBI)
Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics


Our laboratory focuses on the discovery and development of drug-like potassium ion channel modulators. We use molecular biology, high-throughput screening, automated electrophsiology, medicinal chemistry, and rodent disease models to better understand the function of potassium channels in search of new therapies for epilepsies and other CNS disorders.

Our laboratory focuses on the discovery and development of drug-like potassium ion channel modulators. We use molecular biology, high-throughput screening, automated electrophsiology, medicinal chemistry, and rodent disease models to better understand the function of potassium channels in search of new therapies for epilepsies and other CNS disorders.

Keywords: Ion Channel , Drug Discovery , Pharmacology , Central Nervous System , Epilepsy

Research Area: Drug Design , Cancer Biology , Chemical Biology , Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflamation , Developmental Neuroscience