Fayal Abderemane-Ali

Fayal Abderemane-Ali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on understanding how poisonous animals resist their own neurotoxins, elucidating ion channel mechanisms, and developing pharmacological tools for channelopathies affecting brain activity, sensory perception, movements, and cardiac rhythms.

Key research areas include:

• Ionic channel structure and function
• Toxin resistance mechanisms
• Lipid-channel interactions
• Neurological and cardiac channelopathies
• Protein-protein interactions in ion channels

His recent publications highlight structural insights into K2P and CaV channels, toxin binding mechanisms, and PIP2 regulatory effects. The lab employs interdisciplinary approaches combining structural biology, electrophysiology, and computational modeling.

Laboratory members work in a collaborative environment focused on advancing channelopathy treatment while promoting diversity and inclusion in scientific research.