Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, PhD

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, PhD, is a professor of cell biology and physiology, neuroscience, and imaging science and the scientific director of the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging. Rosa-Molinar received his BS in natural sciences from the University of Alabama, his PhD in medical sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Creighton University School of Medicine. His research centers on the molecular, cellular, and functional mechanisms of electrical synapses in the vertebrate central nervous system, with a particular focus on gap junctions formed by Gjd2/Cx36 and Gjd1/Cx34.7. Rosa-Molinar is also a pioneer in the development of imaging technologies tailored to unravel the molecular architecture and functional dynamics of electrical synapses and founded the company TransynaptiX LLC in 2019 to expedite the translation of these imaging tools for neuroscience research.