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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
In addition to the 70 laboratories of Neuroscience Program faculty, Neuroscience students may carry out their thesis studies in any of the over 120 additional labs affiliated with Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS). PIBS is an umbrella entity comprising five separate graduate programs, created to give students access to the broadest possible range of research and to encourage interactions among faculty and students in different disciplines. PIBS sponsors many interdisciplinary activities designed to promote creative and interdisciplinary scientific research.
The faculty who participate in the Neuroscience graduate program are listed below. You may find more information about any faculty member by clicking on their name.
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Katerina Akassoglou
Neurovascular Mechanisms of Inflammation and Tissue Repair
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Birth and Migration of New Neurons
Kaveh Ashrafi
Analysis of Genetic and Neuronal Networks that Regulate Fat Content
Herwig Baier
Genetic Architecture of Visual Perception and Behavior
Scott Baraban
Cellular Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis
Samuel Barondes
Biological Psychiatry
Allan Basbaum
The Neurobiological Basis of Pain and its Control
Hilary Beggs
Cell-Matrix Signaling in Eye Development
Antonello Bonci
Synaptic Properties of Neurons in Brain Areas Relevant to Drug Addiction, such as the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) and the Nucleus Accumbens (NAcc)
Michael Brainard
Sensorimotor Learning in the Song System
Benjamin Cheyette
Signaling and the Cytoskeleton during Embryonic Development and in Brain Cells
David Copenhagen
Synaptic Interactions in the Retina: Pathways and Mechanisms
Mary Dallman
Brain-Pituitary-Adrenal Interrelationships
Graeme Davis
Synapse Formation, Growth and Plasticity
Marc Diamond
Biology and Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases that Derive from Abnormal Protein Conformation
Allison Doupe
The Neural Basis of Vocal Learning in Songbirds
Robert Edwards
The Synaptic Basis of Behavior
Pam England
Chemical Neurobiology: Ion Channel Structure-Function, Synaptic Plasticity
Howard Fields
Neural Circuitry Underlying Pain Modulation
Steven Finkbeiner
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodegeneration
Loren Frank
Learning and Spatial Coding in the Hippocampal-Cortical Circuit
Ying-Hui Fu
Human Genetics in Neurodegenerative Disease
Li Gan
Cellular and Molecular Pathways in Neurodegeneration
Fen-Biao Gao
Neuronal Development and Neurodegeneration
Adam Gazzaley
Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Memory
Su Guo
Development and Function of Monoamine Neural Systems
Ulrike Heberlein
Studying Drugs of Abuse in Drosophila
Jonathan Horton
Structural Basis of Amblyopia and Strabismus
Eric J. Huang
Transcriptional Programs in Neuronal Survival and Differentiation
Lily Jan
Molecular Studies of Potassium Channels
Yuh Nung Jan
Mechanisms of Neuronal Cell Fate Specification and Neuronal Morphogenesis
Patricia H. Janak
Behavioral Neuroscience of Addiction and Reinforcement
David Julius
Molecular Biology of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Ion Channels
Cynthia Kenyon
The Biology of Cell Migration, Pattern Formation and Lifespan
Yuriy Kirichok
Electrical Signaling at the Mitochondrion in Health and Disease
Juan Korenbrot
Transduction in Photoreceptors and Functional Development of the Retina
Anatol Kreitzer
Synaptic Plasticity and Circuit Function in the Basal Ganglia
Arnold R. Kriegstein
Neural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Jeff Lansman
Biophysics of Mechanosensitive and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
Jennifer LaVail
Mutant Strains of Herpes Simplex Virus Used as Probes for Studying Axonal Transport
Matthew LaVail
Inherited and Environmentally Induced Retinal Degenerations
Jon Levine
Signal Transduction and Second Messenger Signaling in Pain Sensory Neurons; CNS Pain Control Mechanisms: Neural-Endocrine Control of Inflammation
Stephen Lisberger
Computational and Neural Studies of Eye Movement
Stavros Lomvardas
Identification and Characterization of Stochastic Choices in the Nervous System
Steven McIntire
Neurotransmitter Transport; Molecular genetics of ethanol sensitivity and tolerance
Michael Merzenich
Neural Origins of Higher Brain Functions; Origins of, and Remediation of, Human Neurological Dysfunction and Disability
Robert Messing
Signaling Pathways in Alcoholism and Neurologic Disease
Daniel L. Minor
Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Ion Channels and Ion Channel Regulation
Paul J. Muchowski
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disorders Linked to Protein Misfolding
Lennart Mucke
Neurobiology of Diseases Affecting Cognitive Functions
Roger Nicoll
The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity
Linda Noble
Injury and Repair Mechanisms in the CNS
Peter Ohara
Structural and Functional Organization of the Mammalian Thalamus
Sam Pleasure
Control of Neural Stem Cell Fate and Migration in the Cortex
Stanley Prusiner
Molecular Biological, Genetic and Protein Structural Studies of Prion Disease
Louis Ptacek
Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
Henry Ralston III
Pain and Neuronal Plasticity in the Neural Circuitry of the Spinal Cord and Thalamus
Louis Reichardt
Control of Neuronal Development and Synapse Formation
Dorit Ron
Signal Transduction, Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction
David Rowitch
Overlapping Mechanisms in CNS Development and Disease
John Rubenstein
Genetic Regulation of Forebrain Development
Philip N. Sabes
Learning and Adaptation in Sensorimotor Control: Human Psychophysics and Neurophysiology and Computational Methods
Peter Sargent
Structure, Function and Regulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Julie Schnapf
Phototransduction and Vision in Primates
Christoph Schreiner
Representation of Complex Signals in the Central Auditory System
Nirao Shah
Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors in Mammals
David Sretavan
Axon Injury, Disease, and Novel Paradigms for Therapy
Michael Stryker
Development and Plasticity of the Central Visual System
Laurence Tecott
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Behavioral Traits
Erik Ullian
Interactions between Neurons and Glia that are Required for the Proper Development and Function of the Nervous System
Christian Vaisse
(Coming Soon)
Susan Voglmaier
Vesicle Trafficking and Neurotransmitter Release
Mark Von Zastrow
Linking Cell Signaling and Membrane Traffic
Jennifer Whistler
GPCR trafficking and the regulation of responsiveness to drugs of abuse
Linda Wilbrecht
Adolescent Development of Neural Circuits for Decision-Making