Gustav Akk

Gustav Akk is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Washington University School of Medicine, affiliated with the Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences and the Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases. His research focuses on ligand-gated ion channels, particularly GABAA and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, using electrophysiological techniques and voltage-clamp fluorometry to study agonist/antagonist interactions and conformational dynamics.

• Key Research Areas
  • GABAA Receptor Function
  • Neurosteroid Modulation
  • Anesthetic Mechanisms
  • Ion Channel Electrophysiology
  • Drug-Receptor Interactions
  • Structural Dynamics of Receptors

Recent studies include analyzing β3 homomeric GABA A receptor protonation and AI-driven high-throughput screening for drug discovery. His work has been cited over 3,379 times with 120+ peer-reviewed publications.