Affiliation: Wuhan University, Taikang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Department of Physiology

Dr. Biwen Peng (MD, PhD) is currently a Professor in the Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University. Her research interests include neurophysiology, neuroimmune, and ion channels-related disorders. Her laboratory’s research aims to understand the behavioral, neural, and glia-based neuroimmune mechanism of ion-channel related neurological disorders. She advocates a multidisciplinary approach, including molecular biology and electrophysiology, to investigate the role of membrane receptors and ion channels, especially the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, voltage-gated potassium channels, on seizures, and epilepsy in the immature brain.