Kirchner Lab

Department of Medical Physiology
Texas A&M University


The lab is currently recruiting PhD students. If interested, contact Matthew Kirchner at mkirchner@tamu.edu with a short description of your research experience and CV.

News

February 20, 2026

The lab receives seed grant to study hypoxia resistance in vasopressin neurons

The lab has secured internal seed funding through Texas A&M's TPT Collaborative Seed Grant Program to study properties of hypoxia resistance and excitoxicity resistance in vasopressin neurons. This one year project is a joint collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Adam Case.

February 2, 2026

Obed Paundralingga joins the lab

We are excited to welcome Obed to the lab as a postdoctoral research associate! He has an extensive medical background and earned his PhD in the lab of Tom Cunningham at UNT Health in Fort Worth, TX. An expert patch clamper, Obed has extensive experience studying afferent neural projections to the supraoptic nucleus.

June 2, 2025

The lab opens

The Kirchner Lab is officially open.

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