| Committee on Neurobiology |
| Ph.D. degrees awarded since 1982 |
| Mazen Kheibek Ph.D., 2008 |
Washington University |
Advisor:
Xiaoxi Zhuang |
Adenylyl cyclase type 5 as an
essential component of straitum-dependent learning |
|
| Michael Iacoviello Ph.D., 2008 |
Consultant Campbell Alliance |
Advisor:
Daniel McGehee, Ph.D. |
Cellular and synaptic modulation
in brain reward areas following repeated in vivo nicotine administration |
|
| Robert Mitchum Ph.D., 2008 |
Writer Chicago Tribune |
Advisor:
Daniel McGehee, Ph.D. |
Nicotinic modulation in
mesoaccumbens dopamine system |
|
| Brian Rash Ph.D., 2007 |
Flora Vaccarino Yale University School of Medicine |
Advisor: Elizabeth Grove,
Ph.D. |
Patterning of
the cerebral cortical domain in the mouse |
|
| Madelyn Baez Ph.D., 2007 |
Rita Valentino's Lab University of Pennsylvania |
Advisor: Peggy Mason, Ph.D. |
Roles for ventromedial medullary
cells during micturition and urine storage |
|
| Hilary Bierman Ph.D. 2007 |
Eve Marder Lab Brandeis University |
Advisor: Melina Hale,
Ph.D. |
The startle response of
fishes: An inter- and intra-species examination of neural control |
|
| Anitra Guillory Ph.D. 2007 |
Antonello Bonci Lab UCSF |
Advisor: Paul Vezina, Ph.D. |
Cues specifically unpaired with
amphetamine can inhibit the expression of sensitization to amphetamine |
|
| Ryan Mastro Ph.D., 2006 |
Consultant Campbell Alliance Los Angeles, CA |
Advisor: William N. Green,
Ph.D. |
The association between the
NMDAr and PSD95 and the role of protein palmitoylation |
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| Heather Patel Walsh Ph.D., 2006 |
Advisor: William N. Green,
Ph.D. |
The role of the a-subunit in nicotine-induced
upregulation of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor |
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| James Bowen Ph.D., 2006 |
Licensing Officer Center for Technology Transfer Philadelphia, PA |
Advisor: Gopal Thinakaran,
Ph.D. |
P23 protein function and its
role in APP family protein trafficking |
|
| Catherine A. Lowry Ph.D., 2005 |
Postodoctoral Fellow Department of Biology Randolph-Macon College |
Advisor: Leslie Kay, Ph.D. |
Context and chemistry as factors
for innate odor responses |
|
| Okunola Jeyifous Ph.D., 2005 |
Postdoctoral
fellow William Green Lab Department of Psychiatry University of Chicago |
Advisor: William N. Green,
Ph.D. |
A role for SAP97 in NMDA
receptor sorting and trafficking |
|
| AmyCecilia Sanders Ph.D., 2005 M.D., 2007 |
Resident Department of Surgery Jewish Barnes Hospital |
Advisor: Xiaoxi Zhuang, Ph.D. |
The effects of serotonin
transporter deletion or blockade on reward responding |
|
| Natalia Zhukovskaya Ph.D., 2005 |
Postdoctoral fellow Jeffrey L. Benovic Lab Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Thomas Jefferson University |
Advisor: Wei-Jen Tang, Ph.D. |
The catalytic mechanism and
cellular functions of anthrax adenylyl cyclase toxin |
|
| Chad Grabner Ph.D., 2005 |
Postdoctoral fellow David Zenisek Lab Yale University School of Medicine |
Advisor: Aaron Fox, Ph.D. |
The influence of adapter
protein 3 on neurotransmitter secretion |
|
| Rose Mastracci Ph.D., 2005 |
Manager Genetech |
Advisor:
James Mastrianni, M.D., Ph.D. |
Proteolytic processing of the
prion protein |
|
| Eric Norstrom Ph.D., 2005 |
Postdoctoral fellow Sam Sisodia Lab NPP University of Chicago |
Advisor: James Mastrianni,
M.D., Ph.D. |
Molecular determinants of
prion conversion |
|
| Caitlin O. Aptowicz
Trasande Ph.D., 2004 |
Emerging Technology Nature Publishing Group New York, NY |
Advisor: Jan-Marino Ramirez, Ph.D. | Homeostatic plasticity in hippocampal slice cultures | |
| Thaddeus Brink Ph.D., 2004 | Postdoctoral fellow Donald Simone Lab Diagnostic & Biological Sciences School of Dentistry University of Minnesota |
Advisor: Peggy Mason, Ph.D. | Raphe magnus and modulation of visceral inputs | |
| Zara M. (Fettig) Fagen Ph.D., 2004 |
Advisor: Daniel McGehee, Ph.D. | Understanding drug abuse vulnerability: Nicotinic receptors, stress hormones and synaptic plasticity | ||
| Malcolm W. Nason, Jr. Ph.D., 2004 | Postdoctoral fellow Lorna Role Lab Neurobiology & Behavior Columbia University |
Advisor: Peggy Mason, Ph.D. | Contributions of the ventromedial medulla to the homeostatic processes of thermoregulation and nociception | |
| Stephen David Shea Ph.D., 2004 |
Research associate Richard Mooney Lab Dept of Neurology Duke University |
Advisor: Daniel Margoliash, Ph.D. | Basal forebrain control of sensorimotor activity | |
| Jeffrey Alan Beeler Ph.D., 2003 |
Postdoctoral fellow Xiaoxi Zhuang Lab University of Chicago |
Advisor: Wei-Jen Tang, Ph.D. | The role of the C1B region in the regulation of adenylyl cyclase: Development and characterization of a soluble model C1B protein, 7C1B-S | |
| John C. Christianson Ph.D., 2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow Ron Kopito Lab Department of Biological Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine |
Advisor: William N. Green, Ph.D. | The role of ubiquitin-proteasome degradation in assembly and expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor | |
| Jonathan Genzen Ph.D., 2002 M.D., 2004 |
Resident Yale University |
Advisor: Daniel McGehee, Ph.D. | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulation of sensory transmission | |
| Christian Wanamaker Ph.D., 2002 |
Intern University of Pittsburgh |
Advisor: William N. Green, Ph.D. | ER resident chaperones and AChR subunit maturation | |
| Steven Lieske Ph.D., 2002 M.D., 2004 |
Resident UCSF |
Advisor: Jan-Marino Ramirez, Ph.D. | Mechanisms underlying the production of multiple respiratory patterns by a single neural network in vitro | |
| Chester Drum Ph.D., 2001 M.D., 2003 |
Fellow Cardiology Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School |
Advisor: Wei-Jen Tang, Ph.D. | Crystal structures of the adenylyl cyclase exotoxin from Bacillus Anthracis in complex with a calmodulin and alone reveal a large interaction surface, novel catalytic mechanism and large conformational changes | |
| John D. Hunter Ph.D., 2001 |
Senior Research Analyst Tradelink, LLC Chicago, IL |
Advisor: John Milton, M.D., Ph.D. | Control of synchrony in the Aplysia californica buccal ganglion | |
| Timothy Sanders Ph.D., 2000 |
Fellow Department of Pediatrics UCSF |
Advisor: Clifton Ragsdale, Ph.D. | Arcuate patterning as a central feature of ventral midbrain development during early embryogenesis | |
| Lyle Fox Ph.D., 2000 |
Advisor: Philip E. Lloyd, Ph.D. | Intrinsic and extrinsic modulation of neuromuscular synapses in Aplysia californica | ||
| Alison Leston Ph.D., 2001 M.D. |
Physician Neurology Associates, Inc. St. Louis, MO |
Advisor: William N. Green, Ph.D. | Regions of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor involved in assembly | |
| Robert Hurley Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2002 |
Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Advisor: Donna L. Hammond, Ph.D. | Implications of persistent inflammatory pain for the actions of opioid analgesics | |
| Susana Ugarte-Cuadros Ph.D., 2000 |
Instructor, Human Anatomy
& Physiology Dept of Biology Loyola University |
Advisor: Donna L. Hammond, Ph.D. | The role of GABA-a receptors containing the beta-3 subunit in pain modulation and their distribution on pain-modulating monoaminergic nuerons in vivo | |
| Paolo Nucifora Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2001 |
Fellow Dept of Radiology University of Pennsylvania |
Advisor: Aaron P. Fox, Ph.D | The regulation of rapid endocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells | |
| Jennifer Foss Ph.D., 1999 |
Postdoctoral fellow Affiliate Professor Northwestern University |
Advisor: John Milton, M.D., Ph.D. | Control of multistability in neural feedback systems with delay | |
| Matthew
Krasowski Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2001 |
Assistant Professor Pathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
Advisor: Neil Harrison, Ph.D. | Molecular mechanisms of the general anesthetic propofol at GABA-A receptors | |
| Jeffery Colombe Ph.D., 1999 |
Advisor: Philip Ulinski, Ph.D. | Timing mechanisms in the circuitry of turtle visual cortex | ||
| Jaime Mancilla Ph.D., 1999 |
Postdoctoral research fellow Dept of Otolaryngology North Carolina University |
Advisor: Philip Ulinski, Ph.D. | The timing of inhibition in regularly spiking cells of turtle visual cortex | |
| Ken Nakamura Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2001 |
Fellow Dept of Neurology UCSF |
Advisor: Un Jung Kang, M.D. | Intrinsic antioxidant and mitochondrial properties of dopaminergic neurons: Significance to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease | |
| Arthur Simen
Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2001 |
Assistant Professor Dept of Psychiatry Yale University |
Advisor: Richard J. Miller, Ph.D. | Structural determinants of G-protein modulation of neuronal calcium channels | |
| C. Chris Weihl Ph.D., 1999 M.D., 2001 |
Instructor Dept of Neurology Washington University, St. Louis |
Advisor: Raymond Roos, M.D. | The role of mutant presenilin-1 in apoptosis and the pathogenesis of familial Alzheimer's disease | |
| Timothy Belton Ph.D., 1999 |
Advisor: Robert McCrea, Ph.D. | The contribution of the cerebellar flocculus and ventral paraflocculus to gaze control during voluntary head movements | ||
| G. Richard
Benzinger, III Ph.D., 1998 M.D., 2000 |
Instructor Dept of Anesthesia Washington University, St. Louis |
Advisor: Dorothy Hanck, Ph.D. | Binding and kinetic effects of sodium channel toxins from Anthopleura xanthogrammica | |
| Anthony Caggiano Ph.D., 1998 M.D., 2000 |
Department of Research &
Development Accorda Therapeutics, Inc. |
Advisor: Richard P. Kraig, M.D., Ph.D. | Eicosanoids, nitric oxide and microglial activation | |
| Amir
Fayyazuddin Ph.D., 1998 |
Postdoctoral fellow Howard Hughes Medical Institute Baylor College of Medicine |
Advisor: Michael Dickinson, Ph.D. | Mechanosensory control of firing phase in a synchronous flight muscle of the blowfly, Calliphora | |
| Suma Jacob Ph.D., 1998 M.D., 2001 |
Dept of Child Psychiatry University of Illinois, Chicago |
Advisor: Martha McClintock, Ph.D. | Steroids as human chemosignals: How isolated putative pheromones affect behavior, physiology and brain metabolism | |
| Cynthia Leung Ph.D., 1998 |
MetroHealth Medical Center,
Emergency Room |
Advisor: Peggy Mason, Ph.D. | A physiological characterization of pontomedullary raphe and reticular neurons in the unanesthetized, freely moving rat | |
| Jonathan E. Sherin
Ph.D., 1997 M.D., 1998 |
Assistant Professor in
Residence Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | Hypothalamic sleep mechanisms | |
| Chi-ju Chen-Huang Ph.D., 1997 |
Research Associate Professor Dept of Physiology Northwestern University Medical School |
Advisor: Robert McCrea, Ph.D. | Neural mechanisms mediating adaptive modification of the vestibulo-ocular reflex as a function of viewing distance | |
| Eva
Ihle Ph.D., 1997 M.D., 2000 |
Advisor: Doris Patneau, Ph.D. | The role of extracellular protons in regulating fast excitatory synaptic transmission through the modulation of AMPA-preferring glutamate receptors | ||
| Christopher
Lascola Ph.D., 1997 M.D., 1998 |
Advisor: Richard Kraig, M.D., Ph.D. | Morphology-dependent expression and cytoskeletal modulation of chloride channels in astrocytes | ||
| Jing-zi Shang Ph.D., 1997 |
Physician Northshore Clinical Associates Erie, PA |
Advisor: Meredithe Applebury, Ph.D. | S-cone cells in the mouse retinal development | |
| David Wren-Hardin Ph.D., 1997 | Out of science |
Advisor: Daniel Margoliash, Ph.D. | Organization of the avian forebrain nucleus Hvc for spectral and temporal parameters of song | |
| Daphne
Holt Ph.D., 1996 M.D., 1998 |
Associate Director &
Faculty First Episode & Early Psychosis Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | Chemoarchitecture of the human striatum | |
| Chun Lim Ph.D., 1996 M.D., 1998 |
Behavior Neurology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | The neuroanatomical connections of the human hippocampal formation: The dentae hilus | |
| Gregg A. Phares Ph.D., 1996 |
Advisor: Philip E. Lloyd, Ph.D. | Characterization of two novel neuropeptides from the cerebral ganglia of Aplysia californica | ||
| Miriam
Goodman Ph.D., 1995 |
Assistant Professor Dept of Molecular & Cell Physiology Stanford University School of Medicine |
Advisor: Jonathan Art, Ph.D. | A functional analysis of potassium currents in turtle cochlear hair cells | |
| Eugenia Jones Ph.D., 1995 |
Associate Scientist Cardiovascular Research Center University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Advisor: Graeme Bell, Ph.D. | Characterization of sodium- and chloride-dependent neurotransmitter transporters in mammalian retina | |
| Lisa Marubio Ph.D., 1995 | Research Program Coordinator Phase I Program Division of Cancer Medicine M.D. Anderson |
Advisor: Richard J. Miller, Ph.D. | Characterization of a novel subunit of a calcium channel | |
| Peter Nelson
Ph.D., 1996 M.D., 1998 |
Assistant Professor Sanders-Brown Center on Aging University of Kentucky |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | Animal models of Alzheimer's disease-type neurofibrillary pathology | |
| Wade Pearson Ph.D., 1995 |
Southern Louisiana University |
Advisor:Philip E. Lloyd, Ph.D. | Anatomical and physiological studies of pedal peptide, a putative neurotransmitter in the marine mollusk Aplysia | |
| Teresa Steininger Ph.D., 1995 |
Advisor: Bruce Wainer, M.D., Ph.D. | Studies on the afferent connections of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in the rat | ||
| Jennifer Aparicio Ph.D., 1993 |
Research associate Program in Molecular Biology & Computational Biology University of Southern California |
Advisor: Meredithe Applebury, Ph.D. | The outer rod segment guanylate cylase: Characterization of a key enzyme in the phototransduction pathway | |
| Paul Church Ph.D., 1993 |
Instructor Fieldston Ethical Culture Preparatory School |
Advisor: Philip E. Lloyd, Ph.D. | Functional analyses of cotransmission in Aplysia californica | |
| Karen Hurley Ph.D., 1993 |
University of Pennsylvania |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | The natriuretic peptides as neuromodulators in the central nervous system | |
| Christopher
Breder Ph.D., 1992 M.D., 1994 |
Vice President for Clinical
Development Suparnus Pharmaceutical Rockville, MD |
Advisor: Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D. | Endogenous pyrogens in the mammalian central nervous system | |
| Kathleen
E. Cullen Ph.D., 1991 |
Associate Professor William Dawson Scholar McGill University |
Advisor: Robert McCrea, Ph.D. | Neural mechanisms mediating voluntary control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex | |
| Ady Kendler
Ph.D., 1990 M.D., 1992 |
Assistant Professor Pathology & Lab Medicine University of Cincinnati |
Advisor: Glyn Dawson, Ph.D. | The effects of progressive hypoxia on the synthesis of the myelin lipid galactosylceramide in cultured oligodendrocytes | |
| Henry J. Lee
Ph.D., 1990 M.D., 1993 |
Associate Director of
Radiation Oncology Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center White Plains, NY |
Advisor: Bruce Wainer, M.D., Ph.D. | Immortalization and characterization of septal and hippocampal cell lines derived from young adult mice | |
| Trevor Stitt Ph.D., 1990 |
Scientist Regeneron Pharmacuticals, Inc. |
Advisor: Mark Gurney, Ph.D. | Neurite-promoting
activity released
by muscle: Studies on a laminin-related protein |
|
| Vincent
P. Ferrera Ph.D., 1989 |
Associate Professor Center for Neurobiology & Behavior Columbia University |
Advisor: Hugh Wilson, Ph.D. | The perception of two-dimensional moving patterns | |
| Kevin A. Phelan Ph.D., 1989 | Global Leader Worldwide Regulatory Affairs Pfizer, Inc. New York, NY |
Advisor: Margaret Hollyday, Ph.D. | The development of the motoneuronal projection pattern in chick forelimbs devoid of muscle | |
| Mary
Kate Worden Ph.D., 1989 |
Assistant Professor Research
Neuroscience & Cell Biology University of Virginia |
Advisor: Michael O'Shea, Ph.D. | The physiological role of proctolin as a cotransmitter of an identified skeletal motoneuron in an insect | |
| Ann (Hallanger)
Butterman Ph.D., 1988 M.D., 1990 |
Advisor: Bruce Wainer, M.D., Ph.D. | Ascending subcortical projections of the cholinergic pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and the mesopontine tegmentum in the rat | ||
| Teresa M.
Perney Ph.D., 1988 |
Schering Plough Corporation |
Advisor: Richard J. Miller, Ph.D. | Substance P release, calcium homeostasis and phospholipid metabolism in dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro | |
| Ellen
M. Carpenter Ph.D., 1988 |
Associate Professor-in
Residence Dept of Psychiatry/MRRC UCLA School of Medicine |
Advisor: Margaret Hollyday, Ph.D. | An analysis of the migration, location, and distribution of neural crest-derived Schwann cells in chick embryos | |
| Steven H.
DeVries Ph.D., 1988 M.D., 1991 |
Assistant Professor Depts of Ophthalmology & Phsyiology Northwestern Medical School |
Advisor: Eric Schwartz, M.D. | Neurotransmitter and second messenger control of electrical synapses | |
| Mark Lee
Ph.D., 1988 M.D., 1986 |
Allen Distinguised Chair
&
Professor Dept of Neurosurgery Medical College of Georgia |
Advisor: Mark Gurney, Ph.D. | Neuroleukin: Neurotrophic activity and functional interaction with human immunodeficiency virus | |
| Paul Patton Ph.D., 1988 |
Research Assistant Professor Biology Dept Bowling Green State University |
Advisor: Paul Grobstein, Ph.D. | The role of the forebrain in visually mediated orienting behavior in the frog (Rana pipiens) | |
| Brian R.
Apatoff Ph.D., 1987 M.D., 1984 |
Director, Multiple Sclerosis
Center Associate Professor Cornell University Medical College |
Advisor: Mark Gurney, Ph.D. | Trophic effects of neuroleukin on central neurons and antagonism by HIV envelope protein | |
| Cynthia Greiner Ph.D., 1987 |
Advisor: Ewa Chelmicka-Schorr, M.D. | The development of neural crest cells expressing nerve growth factor receptors | ||
| Thomas Masino Ph.D., 1987 | Advisor: Paul Grobstein, Ph.D. | The organization of tectofugal pathways underlying directed movement in the frog, Rana pipiens | ||
| David
Ritacco Ph.D., 1987 M.D., 1989 |
Assistant Professor Attending MD Northwestern University Medical School |
Advisor: Hugh Wilson, Ph.D. | Visual discrimination of relative spatial phase and relative spatial position | |
| David B. Rye Ph.D., 1986 M.D., 1988 |
Associate Professor Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Lab Emory University |
Advisor: Bruce Wainer, M.D., Ph.D. | The cytoarchitecture, cytochemistry and some connectivity of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in the rat | |
| Josephine B.
Cucchiaro Ph.D., 1984 |
Novartis Pharmaceutical |
Advisor: Ray Guillery, Ph.D. | The retinal origin and geniculate
termination
of the optic pathways in normal and albino ferrets: A developmental study |
|
| Christopher Walsh Ph.D., 1983 M.D., 1985 |
Chief, Division of Genetics,
Children's Hospital Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BIDMC Bullard Professor of Neurology Director, Harvard-MIT MD-PhD Program |
Advisor: Ray Guillery, Ph.D. | The topography of development of retinal ganglion cells in relation to the organization of retinofungal axons | |
| Douglas
J. Gelb
Ph.D., 1982 M.D., 1984 |
Clinical Professor Dept of Neurology University of Michigan Health System |
Advisor: Hugh Wilson, Ph.D. | A study of size perception in human vision | |