Kwan Lab
Cornell University · Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
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Source: duffield.cornell.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Alex Kwan at Cornell University Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering lists Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Biophysics as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Enhancing cGMP signaling with psilocybin reduces head twitch and restructures the synaptic proteome while maintaining antidepressant responseNeuropsychopharmacology · Oct 12
- Serotonin biology as a basis for explaining psychedelic drug actionCurrent Biology · Oct 1
- Psychedelic drug action at dendrites is gated by behavioral state and serotonin receptorsPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Jul 20
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