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| Myrna Canizares, administrative associate |
0000-0000
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| Jun-Mo Chung, postdoctoral, research associate |
1991-1993
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| Chair, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea |
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| Shuanglin Zhang, postdoctoral fellow |
1993-1994
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| currently in industry |
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| Lee Cox, postdoctoral fellow |
1993-1996
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| Chair, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University |
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| Kim Jacobs, postdoctoral fellow; research associate |
1993-2001
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| Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University |
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| Daniel Ulrich, postdoctoral fellow |
1994-1997
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| Research Assistant, University of Basel |
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| Jian Kang, postdoctoral fellow |
1994-1996
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| Associate Professor, New York Medical College |
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| Ben Bennett, postdoctoral fellow |
1994-1996
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| currently in technology development |
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| Zixiu Xiang, postdoctoral fellow |
1995-1999
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| Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University |
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| Kevin Graber, postdoctoral fellow |
1996-1998
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| Clinical Professor |
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| Darrell Porcello, predoctoral fellow |
1996-2002
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| Program Director, Center of Technology Innovation, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley |
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| Viktor Kharazia, postdoctoral fellow |
1997-2002
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| Histology Microscopy Director, Department of Physiology, UCSF |
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| Vikaas Sohal, predoctoral fellow |
1997-2005
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| Associate Professor, UCSF |
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| Molly Huntsman, postdoctoral fellow |
1997-2002
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| Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado |
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| Gustav Akk, postdoctoral fellow |
1997-1999
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| Associate Professor, Washington University, St. Louis |
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| Sanjay Kumar, postdoctoral fellow |
1997-2002
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| Associate Professor, Florida State University |
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| Qian-Quan Sun, postdoctoral fellow, research associate |
1998-2004
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| Professor, University of Wyoming |
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| Alberto Bacci, postdoctoral fellow, research associate |
1999-2005
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| Team Leader, Cellular physiology of cortical microcircuits ,ICM, Paris |
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| Anita Bandrowski, postdoctoral fellow |
2000-2004
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| Neuroscience, Information Network, Project Curator, UC San Dieto |
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| Jens Brodbeck, postdoctoral fellow |
2001-2004
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| Director, Biomarker Assay, Merck |
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| Susanne Pangratz-Fuehrer, postdoctoral fellow |
2002-2006
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| Research Associate, Ophtalmology, Stanford |
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| Jina Shin, postdoctoral fellow |
2002-2007
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| Postdoctoral Student, Stanford University |
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| Xiaoming Jin, postdoctoral fellow |
2002-2008
| It has been shown that structural reorganization such as axonal sprouting and enhanced excitatory synaptic connectivity occur in the cortical layer V pyramidal neurons after traumatic injury, and may be associated with epileptogenesis. How inhibitory… |
| FACT: I practice |
| Contact Xiaoming |
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| Associate Professor, Indiana University |
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| Brian Halabisky, postdoctoral fellow |
2003-2007
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| New Product Development Program Manager, Albéa |
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| Mark Beenhakker, postdoctoral fellow |
2004-2010
| Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that results from neural hyperexcitability, which in turn, results when the balance of inhibition and excitation within neural networks is compromised. This basic tenet has motivated the search for genetic mutation… |
| FACT: Mark once managed a pygmy elephant reserve. |
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| Associate Professor, University of Virginia |
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| Julia Brill, postdoctoral fellow |
2004-2013
| My project focuses on the expression of AMPA receptor subunits during development and in hyperexcitable (‘epileptic’) tissue. I use electrophysiology, pharmacology and immunohistochemistry to distinguish calcium permeable (GluR2-lacking) from calcium… |
FACT: One late night in the lab, I tattooed a dot on my ankle to see if that
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| Research Associate, Linden Lab, JHU |
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| Dan Clemens, research assistant |
2004-2006
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| Principal Scientist, Underdog Pharmaceuticals |
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| Chris Dulla, postdoctoral fellow |
2005-2010
| My studies are focused on detecting glutamate release from brain slices. New FRET-based glutamate nanosensors allow detection of glutamate with unprecedented temporal and spatial precision. We are implementing this technology in the brain slice pre… |
| FACT: I can throw a tennis ball with my toes. |
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| Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine |
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| Trent Anderson, postdoctoral fellow |
2005-2008
| The primary use of ATP in neuronal tissue is to drive the Na+-K+ ATPase which maintains ionic gradients and responds to periods of high cellular activity. The Na+-K+ ATPase is ubiquitously expressed in all neuronal cell types, including both excitat… |
| FACT: Winter driving in California can be worse then Canada! |
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| Associate Professor, University of Arizona |
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| Max Kleiman-Weiner, undergraduate researcher |
2006-2009
| I am interested in intracellular calcium signaling mediated by voltage gated calcium channels and NMDA receptors during thalamocortical oscillations. Through extracellular multiunit recordings, pharmacological manipulations and computational modeling… |
| FACT: �In Soviet Russia neurons patch you!� |
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| Harvard Data Science, Harvard/MIT CRCS Postdoctoral Fellow |
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| Hiro Tani, postdoctoral fellow |
2006-2013
| I am interested in determining how neurons and astrocytes work together to maintain constant supply of the excitatory transmitter glutamate during seizures. Using a combination of molecular biology, pharmacology, electrophysiology and real-time imagi… |
| FACT: When I grow up, I want to be like Takeru Kobayashi! |
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| Research Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company |
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| Tim Lew, research assistant |
2006-2008
| I’m working on EEG studies with a variety of genetically altered mouse strains. Using EEG implanted mice, we can look at brain activity during pharmacological or behavioral manipulation. These in vivo experiments, coupled with the electrophysiology e… |
FACT: Outside the basement, I enjoy being outdoors with my four-legged companion, Amour. Sometimes, I play this ridiculous sport called rugby and lose brain cells doing it.
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| Karina Scalise, research assistant |
2006-2008
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| Consultant, Ahrens Lab, Janelia |
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| Alex Goddard, postdoctoral fellow |
2006-2014
| I’m working on the role of acetylcholine in modulating the gain of sensory circuits. To address this, I’m using whole-cell patch clamp recordings combined with local application of cholinergic agonists and antagonists in acute slices from the avian b… |
FACT: In my spare time, I play in a guitar in a local san francisco band, am a taster for Toast Connoisseur magazine, and am a
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| Research Scientist, Novartis |
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| Bettel Musse, Summer Research Student |
2007-2007
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| Market Development Manager |
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| Jeanne Paz, Collaborator |
2007-2013
| Stroke is a major source of disability. Post-stroke epilepsy is a common consequence of stroke in the elderly and in children, particularly when it affects cerebral cortex. Many aspects of pathophysiological mechanisms of post-stroke epileptogenesis … |
| FACT: For her passion for neurophysiology Jeanne betrayed a long family tradition carried by 20 physicists. Lived in 7 different countries, speaks six languages, survived two wars and wonders where life will bring her next. |
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| Scientist Gladstone Institute /Associate Professor UCSF |
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| Astra Bryant, graduate student |
2007-2015
| Attention selects and enhances the processing of relevant stimuli from a feature-rich environment. The avian optic tectum (OT), the homolog of the mammalian superior colliculus, and an associated cholinergic nucleus, the nucleus isthmi parvocellulari… |
| FACT: While working as a research technician, I once took the fall when my P.I. set my rig on fire. |
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| Assistant Professor, University of Washington |
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| Catherine Christian, postdoctoral fellow |
2008-2014
| My project focuses on endozepines, which are endogenous substances in the brain that mimic the actions of benzodiazepines. Endozepine actions have been hypothesized since the discovery in the 1970s of benzodiazepine binding sites on receptors for th… |
| FACT: I have lived in Indonesia, Singapore, and Italy, and I might be the only person who double majored in Neuroscience and Italian Literature in college. I’m still trying to figure out if working in a basement represents a step toward Dante’s Circles of Hell. |
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| Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois |
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| Christine Lee, graduate student |
2009-2015
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| Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Brown University |
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| Zoya Farzampour, graduate student |
2010-2015
| I study adaptive GABAergic signaling in animal models of stroke and epilepsy. In my first project I investigate the role of phasic inhibition in functional recovery during the repair phase of ischemic stroke. In my second project, I study the role o… |
| FACT: I enjoy whiskey and exploring the great outdoors, often simultaneously. |
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| Chris Stern, postdoctoral fellow |
2011-2013
| I am broadly interested in emergent properties of neuronal networks. I am currently using in vitro electrophysiology to study the differential role T-type calcium channels (CaV3) in two modes of thalamic oscillatory activity: physiological spindle-li… |
| FACT: Chris “Gramps” Stern holds the all-time record for “most nights going to bed before 9:30pm” in an academic year at his undergraduate institution. The rest of the top ten is rounded out by Chris (three other occurrences) and a number of various octogenarian Benedictine monks. |
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| L.E.K. Consulting |
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| Allyson Alexander, postdoctoral fellow |
2011-2013
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| Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado |
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| Matt Abramian, Postdoctoral fellow |
2013-2016
| New evidence suggests that endozpines, the brain’s naturally occurring benzodiazepines, are at the heart of a built-in anti-seizure system. The goals of my project are to uncover the mechanisms that underlie production and release of endozepines and … |
| FACT: For the past six years I’ve dressed up as various rock stars for Halloween. Costumes include Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie twice, Prince, and Slash. |
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| Medical Science Liaison at EMD Serono |
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| Juliet Knowles, Pediatric Neurology Research Fellow |
2013-2021
| I am studying the effects of seizures on white matter development in collaborative work with Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, using both genetic models of epilepsy and optogenetics techniques. I have also investigated how metabotropic glutamate receptors m… |
| FACT: I ran the Boston Marathon (a long time ago) |
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| Assistant Professor, Stanford University |
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| Chris Makinson, Research Associate |
2013-2020
| My research focuses on understanding the role of voltage-gated sodium channels in epilepsy with a particular emphasis on determining how mutations in sodium channel genes can alter thalamocortical activity. To this end, I am applying slice physiology… |
| FACT: I am an avid zymurgist. |
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| Assistant Professor, Columbia University |
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| Jordan Sorokin, Graduate Student |
2014-2019
| I’m using imaging and extracellular recording techniques to study the dynamics and interplay between populations of neurons during state switches such as seizures, and to determine if those dynamics can be modified. |
| FACT: I have an album. |
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| Senior Machine Learning Scientist at System1 Biosciences |
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| Tanya Weerakkody, postdoctoral fellow |
2014-2019
| I am interested in understanding how inflammation can modify cortical activity within the context of early brain insult (maternal infection) and later injury (stroke). I am using intracellular and extracellular multi-electrode recordings in slice in … |
| FACT: I consider karaoke a competitive sport. |
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| Scientist, Denali Therapeutics |
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| Rachel and Sofia, calming influences |
2014-2020
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| Jessica Wong, Research Assistant |
2014-2017
| I am interested in the effects of maternal inflammation on neural excitability and structure of cortical networks in select brain regions. I am applying extracellular multi-electrode recordings and neuronal tracing techniques to study these changes. |
| FACT: I have quick, cat-like reflexes. Meow! |
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| Huong Ha, Graduate Student |
2014-2018
| Huong is most interested in exploring how molecules being implicated in autism spectrum disorders, such as Shank3, regulate synaptic transmission, plasticity and network activity. Her tool kits include molecular biology, electrophysiology, functional… |
| FACT: Huong’s name in Vietnamese means |
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| Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, International University, Vietnam |
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| Sally Kim, Research Associate |
2014-2020
| I am interested in the role of Shank3 in regulating the dynamic assembly and functional changes of synapses to modify circuits and transmit and store information. By integrating cellular, molecular and imaging techniques with hiPSCs and new technolog… |
| FACT: My left hippocampus is larger than my right. |
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| Assistant Professor, Amherst College |
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| Michelle Fogerson, postdoctoral fellow |
2015-2020
| I’m interested in sensory encoding in epileptic networks. By imaging thalamocortical neurons and their axons in awake, behaving animals, I measure sensory-evoked potentials and how they change before, during, and after seizures. My results will infor… |
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| Austin Reese, postdoctoral fellow |
2016-2021
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2017-2021
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| Brielle Ferguson, Postdoctoral Fellow |
2017-0000
| I’m interested in understanding cognitive impairments in epilepsy, with a particular focus on the intersection of attentional impairments and absence seizures. To explore this, I’m using fiber photometry, slice physiology, and optogenetics to examine… |
| FACT: I can’t intentionally whistle, but whistle sometimes on accident. |
| Contact Brielle |
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| Assistant Professor of Genetics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School |
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| Christine Liu, Undergraduate student |
2017-0000
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| Neurosciences PhD student, Makinson Lab |
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| Omer Revah, Postdoctoral Fellow |
2017-2022
| I am interested in the dynamic interactions between different cell types in the brain and how these interactions change during seizures. To this end, I am implementing an all optical approach, using optogenetics, genetically encoded voltage indicator… |
| FACT: I cried during a Federer tennis match, more than once |
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| Assistant Professor, Hebrew University |
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| Jane Yi, visiting student from EPFL |
2019-2019
| Contact Jane |
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| Postdoctoral Fellow, Makinson Lab, Columbia University |
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| Cameron Glick, Life Sciences Research Assistant |
2021-0000
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| Research Associate, Saggar Lab |
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| Emmalyn Leonard, Rotation Student |
2022-0000
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| Neurosciences PhD student, Owen Lab |
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