Gregory D Funk

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

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Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

Email: gf@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-8330
Address: 3020G Katz Group Centre For Research
11315 - 87 Ave NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H5

Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

Email: gf@ualberta.ca

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Dr. Gregory D Funk is currently appointed as Professor and Chair in the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

Courses

PHYSL 600 - Colloquia in Physiology

This discussion course will provide an opportunity for Provisional PhD candidates in the Department of Physiology, prior to their candidacy examination, to research, present and critique publications in areas relevant to their research, but not their own research. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Open to MSc students in the Department of Physiology.

Fall Term 2025 Winter Term 2026

PHYSL 698 - Undergraduate Research Mentoring

A credit/no-credit course for graduate students who are actively participating in the mentorship of undergraduate students in a half term research course (e.g. PHYSL 461 or 468) in the Department of Physiology. Mentorship includes activities such as in-lab supervision, training, and help with reports and presentations. Can be taken in any year and Spring/Summer session. Credit may be obtained more than once. Requires the submission of an initial project summary with student learning objectives, monthly progress and final reports. This course cannot be used to satisfy course requirements of the Physiology Graduate Programs. Prerequisite: Consent of the Department of Physiology and the student's supervisor.

Fall Term 2025 Winter Term 2026

PHYSL 699A - Undergraduate Research Mentoring

A credit/no-credit course for graduate students who are actively participating in the mentorship of undergraduate students in a full-term research course (e.g. PHYSL 467; 468/469) in the Department of Physiology. Mentorship includes activities such as in-lab supervision, training, and help with reports and presentations. Can be taken in any year. Credit may be obtained more than once. Requires the submission of an initial project summary with student learning objectives, monthly progress and final reports. This course cannot be used to satisfy course requirements of the Physiology Graduate Programs. Prerequisite: Consent of the Department of Physiology and the student's supervisor.

Fall Term 2025

PHYSL 699B - Undergraduate Research Mentoring

Winter Term 2026

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Featured Publications

Prenatal fluoxetine has long-lasting, differential effects on respiratory control in male and female rats

Biancardi V., Patrone L.G.A., Vicente M.C., Marques D.A., Bícego K.C., Funk G.D., Gargaglioni L.H.

Journal of Applied Physiology. 2022 June; 133 (2):371-389 10.1152/japplphysiol.00020.2022

Respiration

Greer, J.J., Funk, G.D.

Neuroscience in the 21st Century. 2022 June; doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6434-1_49-3

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

29th Annual Physiology Research Day, Edmonton, AB.. 2022 May;

1. Reklow, R, Sinnatamby T, Zoccal D, Qiu S, Toohey A, Hansen M, Frangos S, Boison D, Funk GD. (2022). Postnatal Development of the Purinergic Signaling System in the preBötzinger Complex; Implications for the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response

The FASEB Journal 36. 2022 April;

Release your inhibitions: The role of post-inhibitory rebound and synaptic inhibition in the generation of expiratory activity

Huckstepp R.T.R., Funk G.D.

Journal of Physiology. 2021 December; 599 (24):5331-5332 10.1113/JP282482

Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. Does the immature hypoxic ventilatory response of newborn mammals and their vulnerability to hypoxia reflect an inability to increase ventilation or decrease metabolic rate?

WCHRI Research Day Proceedings. 2021 November;

Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. (2021). Inability of premature mammals to produce a sustained breathing response to hypoxia may reflect postnatal maturation of adenosine kinase.

54th Annual FoMD Summer Student Research Day. 2021 October;

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

28th Annual Department of Physiology Research Day, May 13, 2021, Edmonton, AB.. 2021 May;

KCNQ Current Contributes to Inspiratory Burst Termination in the Pre-Bötzinger Complex of Neonatal Rats in vitro

Revill A.L., Katzell A., Del Negro C.A., Milsom W.K., Funk G.D.

Frontiers in Physiology. 2021 April; 12 10.3389/fphys.2021.626470

Biancardi V, Zhang Y, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Scarpellini C, Pagliardini S, Montandon G, Funk GD. 2021. P2Y1 receptor modulation of Ih in the preBötzinger inspiratory rhythm generator may underlie the ATP-mediated attenuation of the hypoxic respiratory depression.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;

Miranda Tapia AP, Reklow R, Zhang Y, Biancardi V, Rancic V, Alvares T, Gosgnach S, Krügel U, Pagliardini S, Kam K, Funk GD. Neuronal mediators of the frequency increase evoked by activation of P2Y1 receptors in the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory rhythm generating network in vitro.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey, AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Alvares TS, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;

Mapping of the excitatory, inhibitory, and modulatory afferent projections to the anatomically defined active expiratory oscillator in adult male rats

Biancardi V., Saini J., Pageni A., Prashaad M. H., Funk G.D., Pagliardini S.

Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2021 March; 529 (4):853-884 10.1002/cne.24984

A brainstem peptide system activated at birth protects postnatal breathing

Shi Y., Stornetta D.S., Reklow R.J., Sahu A., Wabara Y., Nguyen A., Li K., Zhang Y., Perez-Reyes E., Ross R.A., Lowell B.B., Stornetta R.L., Funk G.D., Guyenet P.G., Bayliss D.A.

Nature. 2021 January; 589 (7842):426-430 10.1038/s41586-020-2991-4

Qiu S, Reklow RJ, Alvares T, Funk GD. Enzymes that produce inhibitory transmitters implicated in apnea of prematurity are unevenly distributed in the brainstem network that controls breathing.

WCHRI Research Day, November 4, 2020, Edmonton, AB.. 2020 November;

Reklow RJ, Alvares TS, Zoccal DB, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Funk GD. The life-threatening inhibition of breathing by hypoxia in premature mammals may reflect limited adenosine clearance from the central network that generates breathing.

WCHRI Research Day, November 4, 2020, Edmonton, AB.. 2020 November;

Gregory D Funk

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Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

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Featured Publications

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preB&#246;tzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

1. Reklow, R, Sinnatamby T, Zoccal D, Qiu S, Toohey A, Hansen M, Frangos S, Boison D, Funk GD. (2022). Postnatal Development of the Purinergic Signaling System in the preB&#246;tzinger Complex; Implications for the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response

Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. Does the immature hypoxic ventilatory response of newborn mammals and their vulnerability to hypoxia reflect an inability to increase ventilation or decrease metabolic rate?

Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. (2021). Inability of premature mammals to produce a sustained breathing response to hypoxia may reflect postnatal maturation of adenosine kinase.

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preB&#246;tzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

Biancardi V, Zhang Y, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Scarpellini C, Pagliardini S, Montandon G, Funk GD. 2021. P2Y1 receptor modulation of Ih in the preB&#246;tzinger inspiratory rhythm generator may underlie the ATP-mediated attenuation of the hypoxic respiratory depression.

Miranda Tapia AP, Reklow R, Zhang Y, Biancardi V, Rancic V, Alvares T, Gosgnach S, Kr&#252;gel U, Pagliardini S, Kam K, Funk GD. Neuronal mediators of the frequency increase evoked by activation of P2Y1 receptors in the preB&#246;tzinger Complex inspiratory rhythm generating network in vitro.

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey, AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Alvares TS, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preB&#246;tzinger complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

Qiu S, Reklow RJ, Alvares T, Funk GD. Enzymes that produce inhibitory transmitters implicated in apnea of prematurity are unevenly distributed in the brainstem network that controls breathing.

Reklow RJ, Alvares TS, Zoccal DB, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Funk GD. The life-threatening inhibition of breathing by hypoxia in premature mammals may reflect limited adenosine clearance from the central network that generates breathing.

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

1. Reklow, R, Sinnatamby T, Zoccal D, Qiu S, Toohey A, Hansen M, Frangos S, Boison D, Funk GD. (2022). Postnatal Development of the Purinergic Signaling System in the preBötzinger Complex; Implications for the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

Biancardi V, Zhang Y, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Scarpellini C, Pagliardini S, Montandon G, Funk GD. 2021. P2Y1 receptor modulation of Ih in the preBötzinger inspiratory rhythm generator may underlie the ATP-mediated attenuation of the hypoxic respiratory depression.

Miranda Tapia AP, Reklow R, Zhang Y, Biancardi V, Rancic V, Alvares T, Gosgnach S, Krügel U, Pagliardini S, Kam K, Funk GD. Neuronal mediators of the frequency increase evoked by activation of P2Y1 receptors in the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory rhythm generating network in vitro.

Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey, AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Alvares TS, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.