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2010
Joy Liau
Email:
jliau@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of N. Carolina, BS, Bioengineering, 2002
Graduate Department: Bioengineering
Thesis Title: Baseline Effects in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Thesis Lab: Thomas Liu
Current Position: Resident, Depts. of Internal Medicine & Radiology, UCSD
Publications
Tobias Marton
Email:
tobias.marton@ucsf.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA, Molecular Cell Biology, 2001
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Major Urinary Proteins: Functional characterization of a novel pheromone family that promote inter-male aggression
Thesis Lab: Lisa Stowers
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF
Publications
Emily Mathews
Email:
Undergraduate Institution: Emory University, BS, Biology, 2001
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Cell Birthdate Effects on Cell Layering and Function in the Mouse Dentate Gyrus
Thesis Lab: Fred Gage
Current position: Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Stanford
Publications
Emilia Olson
Email:
esolson@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College, BA, Physics, 2000
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Detecting Pathological Protease Activity with Activatable Cell Penetrating Peptides (ACPP’s)
Laboratory rotation with: Roger Tsien (Su 02); Doug Smith (Su 03); Steve Howell (Su 03)
Thesis Lab: Dr. Roger Tsien
Current position: Resident, Dept. of Radiology, UCSD
Publications
Gerald Reis
Email:
Gerald.Reis@ucsfmedctr.org
Undergraduate Institution: Ponoma College, BA, Molecular Biology, 1997
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Motor Activity Regulation Revealed by Quantitative Analysis of APPYFP Movement
Thesis Lab: Larry Goldstein
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pathology, UCSF
Publications
Beth Ann Ripley
Email:
bethannripley@partners.org
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS / BA, Biology / Art History, 1998
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Role of Postsynaptic AMPA Receptors in Stabilizing Presynaptic Inputs
Thesis Lab: Anirvan Ghosh
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston
Publications
2011
Todd Aguilera
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Undergraduate Institution: University of Portland, BS, Biology, 2003
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Activatable cell penetrating peptides and their use in clinical contrast agent and therapeutic development
Thesis Lab: Roger Tsien
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford
Publications
Vieng Bounkeua
Email:
vieng.bounkeua@obgyn.uab.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of New Mexico, BS, Biochemistry, 2001
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Plasmodium sexual development and the role of Plasmepsin X in plasmodium falciparum transmission to Anopheles gambiae
Thesis Lab: Joe Vinetz
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama
Publications
Nicole Coufal
Email:
ncoufal@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA, Neurobiology & Cognitive Sciences, 2000
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Evidence for L1 retrotransposition in the human nervous system
Thesis Lab: Fred Gage
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSD
Publications
Neekesh Dharia
Email:
NDharia@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Iowa, BS; BA, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics; Asian Studies, 2003
Graduate Department: Kellogg School of Science and Technology, The Scripps Research Institute
Thesis Title: Plasmodium evolution and drug resistance in vitro and in populations using whole genome technologies
Thesis Lab: Elizabeth Winzeler
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCLA
Publications
Lauge Farnaes
Email:
lfarnaes@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego, BS/MS, Biology, 2000
Graduate Department: Marine Biomedicine, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Thesis Title: Novel analogs and a protein target for the napyradiomycins
Thesis Lab: William Fenical
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSD
Publications
Yousuke Horikawa
Email:
yhorikaw@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine, BS, Neurobiology, 2003
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: The role of caveolin-3 in cardiac protection and hypertrophy
Thesis Lab: David Roth/Paul Insel
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSD
Publications
Karla Malloy
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Undergraduate Institution: Duke, BS; BA, Chemistry; African Studies, 2003
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Structure elucidation of biomedically relevant marine cyanobacterial natural products
Thesis Lab: William Gerwick
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Internal Medicine; Scripps Green Hospital; La Jolla
Publications
Lee Schroeder
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Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania, BA, Physics, 1996
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: An in vivo biosensor for neurotransmitter release and in situ receptor activity: Acetylcholine and the M1 muscarinic receptor
Thesis Lab: David Kleinfeld
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pathology, Stanford
Publications
Manuela Schuksz
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Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego, BS, Biochemistry/Cell Biology, 1999
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Small molecule interactions with heparan sulfate
Thesis Lab: Jeff Esko
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Vascular Surgery, U. of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Publications
2012
Jennifer Greenhall
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University (1995), B.S. Biomedical Engineering, B.A. German Language and Literature
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Elucidating mechanisms of accelerated neurological aging
Thesis Lab: Carrolee Barlow/Stephen Heinemann
Current Position: Delaying residency
Publications
Lee Lovejoy
Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University (2000), B.S.E. Bioengineering, M.S.E. Bioengineering
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: On the Control of Selective Attention in the Primate Superior Colliculus
Thesis Lab: Richard Krauzlis
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, NY Presbyterian, Columbia University
Publications
Marin McDonald
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2003), B.S. Biological Sciences
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: MHC class I is required for activity-dependent structural remodeling at the developing neuromuscular junction
Thesis Lab: Lisa Boulanger
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Radiology, UCSD
Publications
Krystal Nizar
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago (2004), B.A. Biological Sciences and Psychology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Calcium imaging and the neurovascular unit: questioning the role of astrocytes in neurovascular coupling
Thesis Lab: Gabriel Silva and Anna Devor
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF
Publications
Joshua Theisen
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison (2002), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Control of Transcription by Core Promoter Elements and Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2
Thesis Lab: James Kadonaga
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital
Publications
Justin Voog
Undergraduate Institution: Minnesota State University Moorhead (2003), B.A. Biology and Chemistry
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Defining a genetic framework for stem cell niche maintenance in the Drosophila testis
Thesis Lab: Leanne Jones
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Publications
Scott Wilke
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2001), B.S. Neurobiology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title:The Development of Mossy Fiber Connectivity and its Regulation by NeuroD2 Mediated Transcription
Thesis Lab: Anirvan Ghosh
Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF
Publications
2013
Trygve Bakken
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University (2001), B.A. Physics and Philosophy; London School of Economics (2003), M.Sc. Philosophy and History of Science
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Scaling and Genetics of Neural Architecture
Thesis Lab: Nicholas Schork/Charles Stevens
Postgraduate Education: Fellow, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA
Publications
Nick Bevins
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University (2004), B.A. Biochemistry
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Genetic dissection of EphA receptor signaling dynamics during retinotopic mapping
Thesis Lab: Greg Lemke, Salk
Postgraduate Education: Delaying residency for one year
Publications
Wei-Li Chang
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2004), B.A. Human Biology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Dopamine D3 Regulation of Sensorimotor Gating
Thesis Lab: Neal Swerdlow
Postgraduate Education: Psychiatry, Research Residency, Columbia University
Publications
Jiun Do
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2004), B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: SnoN Facilitates Axonal Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury
Thesis Lab: Mark Tuszynski
Postgraduate Education: Ophthalmology Residency, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Publications
Steven Lau
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (2003), A.B. Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: The Role of MUC1 in Metastasis Dependent on EGFR and Src
Thesis Lab: David Cheresh
Postgraduate Education: Radiation Oncology Residency, U. of Texas Southwestern
Publications
Tresa McGranahan
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2004), B.A. Neurobiology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Towards a Molecular Understanding of Addiction: The role of Alpha4-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in dopamine neurons
Thesis Lab: Stephen Heinemann
Postgraduate Education: Neurology Residency, Stanford University
Publications
Tyler Ofstad
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2003), B.S. Biological Sciences
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Navigating the Fruit Fly Brain:Visual Place Learning in Drosophila Melanogaster
Thesis Lab: Charles Zuker
Postgraduate Education: Ophthalmology Residency, U. of Rochester, NY
Publications
Tyler Seibert
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2005), B.S. Bioengineering
Graduate Department: Bioengineering
Thesis Title: Memory, Dementia, and the Functional Role of the Parietal Cortex
Thesis Lab: James Brewer
Postgraduate Education: Radiation Oncology Residency, UCSD
Publications
Jim Solomon
Undergraduate Institution: Princeton University (2005), A.B. Chemistry, M.S. Chemistry
Graduate Department: Chemical and Biological Sciences, TSRI
Thesis Title: Probing the molecular pathogenesis of gelsolin amyloidosis
Thesis Lab: Jeff Kelly
Postgraduate Education: Pathology Residency, UCSD
Publications
Lorne Walker
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2002), B.S. Biochemistry & Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Modeling Complex Data in HIV-1: Kernel-based Machine Learning Approaches to Understanding Anti-retroviral Drug Regimens and Neutralizing Antibody Activity
Thesis Lab: Douglas Richman
Postgraduate Education: Pediatrics Residency, U. of Pittsburgh
Publications
2014
Sarah Burgdorf
Undergraduate Institution: Bryn Mawr College (2003), B.A. Chemistry and French
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Functions of the immediate early 2 proteins in human cytomegalovirus infection: a study of immediate early 2 mutant
Thesis Lab: Deborah Spector
Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine/Investigator Pathway, UCSD
Publications
Daniel Goff
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2004), B.S. Microbiology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: The role of BCL2 family genes in chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells
Thesis Lab: Catriona Jamieson
Postgraduate Education: Radiology, UC Davis
Publications
George Hightower
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2004), B.A. Disease History and Society
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: HIV-1 genetic diversity, evolution and neuropsychological impairment
Thesis Lab: Douglas Richman
Postgraduate Education: Pediatrics, U. of North Carolina
Publications
Al Kaye
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2004), B.A. Comparative Literature and Molecular and Cell Biology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Symmetry in the retinogeniculate motion circuit
Thesis Lab: Tatyana Sharpee/Ed Callaway, Salk Institute
Postgraduate Education: Psychiatry, Yale
Publications
Michael Lam
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2003), B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Rev-Erb in macrophage gene expression: a case study of transcriptional regulation through distal regulatory elements
Thesis Lab: Chris Glass
Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine/Investigator Pathway, UCSD
Publications
Navin Mahadevan
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (2005), B.A. Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Cell-extrinsic effects of tumor endoplasmic reticulum stress on myeloid cells
Thesis Lab: Maurizio Zanetti
Postgraduate Education: Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Publications
Marika Orlov
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2004), B.S. Molecular Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Enhancement of HIV-1 pathogenesis by plasmodium falciparum: mechanisms and clinical applications
Thesis Lab: Robert Schooley
Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine, U. of Washington
Publications
Becca Saenz
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University (2002), B.S. Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Bioengineering
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Development and potential of HMGB1-derived immunostimulatory peptides as adjuvants in cancer immunotherapy
Thesis Lab: Sadik Esener
Postgraduate Education: Pediatrics, Stanford
Publications
Caleb Stokes
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2003), B.S. Biological Sciences
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Memory, dementia, and the functional role of the parietal cortex
Thesis Lab: Jeff Isaacson
Postgraduate Education: Pediatrics, U. of Washington
Publications
Priya Velu
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University (2005), B.A. Biophysics
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: EEG analysis of gait movement preparation in the normal state and in the abnormal state of Parkinson’s disease with freezing of gait
Thesis Lab: Virginia da Sa
Postgraduate Education: Pathology, U. of Pennsylvania
Publications