Following is a list of faculty in the Neurobiology & Computational Neurobiology section. Click on a name to see a more comprehensive description of their research.

Jon "Chris" Armour , Lecturer (PSOE)

Darwin K. Berg, Professor of Biology
     Molecular and cellular neurobiology; regulation of synaptic components on neurons.

Lisa Boulanger, Assistant Professor of Biology

Mandy Butler , Lecturer (SOE)

Gert Cauwenberghs, Professor of Biology

Andrew Chisholm , Professor of Biology
     Genetics of neuronal and epidermal morphogenesis in C. elegans.

George Fortes, Associate Professor

Kathy French , Lecturer (SOE)

Anirvan Ghosh, Chair of Neurobiology, Professor of Biology
     Molecular neurobiology; mechanisms of cortical development and plasticity; calcium regulation of gene expression.

Shelley Halpain , Professor of Biology
The Halpain Laboratory works at the interface of cell biology and neuroscience to investigate molecular mechanisms in the morphogenesis of axons, dendrites, and synapses. Through time-lapse imaging and quantitative fluorescence-based analyses, we study how the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons regulate neuronal form and function.

Yishi Jin, Professor of Biology
     Molecular genetic mechanisms of synapse formation, neuron circuit regulation and  nerve regeneration.

William B. Kristan, Professor of Biology
     Neurobiology; neuronal basis of behavior; development of simple nervous systems.

Jill Leutgeb

Stefan Leutgeb

Roberto Malinow , Professor of Biology
     The Malinow Lab studies the biological basis of memory function and dysfunction by studying the physiology of rodent synapses.

Mauricio Montal, Professor of Biology
     Molecular neurobiology; molecular basis of electrical excitability and signal transduction in neural membranes; molecular design of channel proteins.

Gentry Patrick, Assistant Professor of Biology
     Neurobiology; the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), one of the major cellular pathways controlling protein turnover in mammalian cells. .

Pamela Reinagel, Assistant Professor of Biology
     Neural coding of visual information by thalamic neurons; temporal and population coding, natural scenes, visual behavior.

Massimo Scanziani, Vice Chair of Neurology, Professor of Biology
     Understanding the circuits controlling the spatial and temporal structure of cortical activity.

Terrence J. Sejnowski, Professor of Biology, UCSD/Salk Institute
     Neurobiology; computational models of the nervous system; mechanisms for synaptic plasticity.

Nicholas C. Spitzer, Vice Chair of Neurology, Professor of Biology
     Developmental neurobiology; control of expression of neuronal phenotypes.

Jing W. Wang, Assistant Professor of Biology
     Systems neurobiology; representation and processing of olfactory information in simple olfactory system.

Yimin Zou , Associate Professor of Biology
     Molecular and cellular mechanisms of axon pathfinding, target specificaton and neuronal migration in nervous system development.

Charles Zuker, Professor of Biology
     Molecular neurobiology; signal transduction.

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