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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Welcome to the Neuroscience Graduate Program Website
Program Introduction
The University of California, San Francisco offers an interdisciplinary program for graduate training in neuroscience. The purpose of this program is to train doctoral students for independent research and teaching in neuroscience.
Our program seeks to train students who will be expert in one particular approach to neuroscientific research, but will also have a strong general background in other areas of neuroscience and related disciplines. To achieve this objective, our students take interdisciplinary core and advanced courses in neuroscience, as well as related courses sponsored by other graduate programs. In addition, they carry out research under the supervision of faculty members in the program.
The faculty of the Neuroscience program are drawn from 15 basic science and clinical departments and three affiliated organized research institutes. At present the program includes 70 faculty members and 98 students. Research interests encompass diverse areas ranging from molecules and cells to systems, cognition, and behavior. Many of our faculty conduct basic research in areas important for understanding neurological disorders, including pain, addiction, degenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. Laboratories use a variety of different organisms for these studies, ranging from invertebrate genetic models to fish, birds, mice and other species of vertebrates.
The program tries to promote multi-disciplinary interactions in both research and teaching. To enhance interactions and knowledge, the program sponsors several activities open to all UCSF scientists, including an annual retreat, a weekly formal seminar series, a weekly journal club, and periodic symposia. The program also collaborates with other programs to sponsor activities of general interest that help advance the careers of our students and other trainees.
The Neuroscience Graduate Program is a member of a consortium of graduate programs, the Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (P.I.B.S.), providing students with access to exceptional faculty and resources for biological research. In addition to Neuroscience, P.I.B.S. consists of graduate programs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. All activities of P.I.B.S. programs, including seminars, journal clubs and retreats, are open to Neuroscience graduate students. Neuroscience graduate students also have the option of completing rotations and theses in any of the more than 200 P.I.B.S. laboratories. PIBS Program Website
The Neuroscience Program Acknowledges Generous Support From the Following Entities:
Administrative Services:
Department of Physiology
General Financial Support:
Department of Anatomy
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
UCSF School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
UCSF School of Pharmacy
Seminar Support:
Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Department of Ophthalmology
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology
W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience
Student Support:
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
Herbert W. Boyer Educational Endowment
Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS)
Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
UCSF Chancellor’s Discretionary Funds
UCSF Graduate Division
Seminar and Journal Club Schedules:
Neuroscience Formal Seminars
2008-2009
Neuroscience Journal Club
2008-2009
Neuroscience Admissions
Neuroscience Courses
Upcoming Events:
Neuroscience Formal Seminar
The next formal seminar is on October 16, 2008
Link to Live Web Cast
Neuroscience Journal Club
Friday, October 10, 2008
Rock Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay
Social/Beer half hour - 4:00pm
Talks start - 4:30pm
Anita Devineni
Follow Your Nose (No Brain Required)
Kreher, Scott A., et. al.
"Translation of Sensory Input into Behavioral Output via an Olfactory"
Neuron. 2008 59:110-124
Ulrike Heberlein
Road Rage: What's Love Got to do With It?
Chan, Yick Bun, et. al.
"Specific subgroups of FruM neurons control sexually dimorphic patterns of aggression in Drosophila melanogaster"
PNAS. 2007 104(49):19577-19582
Flyer
Neuroscience Thesis Seminar
The Neuroscience Graduate Program administrative offices are located at
Mission Bay
Rock Hall
1550 4th Street
Room 484C