Participating Faculty
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
Research Summary: Birth and Migration of New Neurons
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Daniele Canzio, PhD
Research Summary: The generation of a cell-surface diversity code for neural circuit assembly
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Jonah Chan, PhD
Research Summary: Neuronal/Glial Interactions that Control Myelination
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Bruce Conklin, MD
Research Summary: Decoding and Repairing Genetic Disease
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience
Grae Davis, PhD
Research Summary: Synapse Formation, Growth, and Plasticity
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Xin Duan, PhD
Research Summary: Molecular and Genetic Assembly of Neural Circuits
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Felice Dunn, PhD
Research Summary: Anatomy and function of retinal circuits under normal and disease states
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology, Developmental Neuroscience
Su Guo, PhD
Research Summary: Stem Cells, Neural Circuitry and Behavior
Research Areas: Addiction Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Eric Huang, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Transcriptional Programs in Neuronal Survival and Differentiation
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Yuh Nung Jan, PhD
Research Summary: Neuronal morphogenesis and circuit assembly
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Synaptic Physiology
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience Nervous System Disease
Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Neural, molecular, and genetic mechanisms of social attachment throughout development and in disease
Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Astrocytes in Neural Circuit Formation and Function
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Synaptic Physiology
Michael Oldham, PhD
Research Summary: The molecular basis of cellular identity in the human brain
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Late Cortical Neuron Development in the Human Brain and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience
Xianhua Piao, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) in neural development and disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD
Research Summary: Regulation of cortical development and function in health and disease
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
John Rubenstein, MD
Research Summary: Genetic Regulation of Forebrain Development
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease
Yin Shen, PhD
Research Summary: Utilizing functional genomics approaches to study brain development and diseases
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Michael Stryker, PhD
Research Summary: Development and Plasticity of the Central Visual System
Research Areas: Developmental Neuroscience, Systems/Computational Neuroscience
Jeremy Willsey, PhD
Research Summary: Genetics and Systems Biological Approaches to Understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Research Areas: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Nervous System Disease