Octavio Choi
- Email: octaviochoi@yahoo.com
- Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: The Role of BDNF in the Development of Retinotectal Topographic Projectons in the Chick
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Dennis O'Leary
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Psychiatry, University of California, Medical Center, Los Angeles
- Current Position: Resident, Psychiatry, UCLA
- Publications
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Karunesh Ganguly
- Email: kganguly@itsa.ucsf.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Chemistry, BA, Psychology, 1995
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neuronal Excitabilty in Hippocampal Neurons
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Mu-Ming Poo / Dr. David Kleinfeld
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine and Neurology, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco
- Current Position: Resident, Internal Medicine and Neurology, UCSF
- Publications - [11 kb]
Eric Goldlust
- Email: goldlust@gmail.com
- Undergraduate Institution: Washington University, BS, Biological and Engineering Science, 1995
- Graduate Department: Public Health / Epidemiology
- Thesis Title: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Control of Intra-Operative Dental Pain
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Donna Kritz-Silverstein
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor
- Current Position: Resident, Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan / St Joseph Mercy Hospital
- Publications - [10 kb]
David Merrill
- Email: dmerrill_2000@yahoo.com
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA / BA, Biology / Psychology, 1996
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Decline with Aging and Sensitivity to Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Mark Tuszynski
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Psychiatry, University of California, Medcial Center, Los Angeles
- Current Position: Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry, UCLA
- Publications - [10 kb]
Stina Mui
- Email: smui@ucsd.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA, Biology, 1995
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Ventral Anterior Homeobox (Vax) Genes: Roles in Vertebrate Eye Development
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Greg Lemke
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine / Investigative Pathway, University of California, Medcial Center, San Diego
- Current Position: Resident, Medicine / Investigative Pathway, UCSD
- Publications - [10 kb]
Hugo Sanchez
- Email: husanchez@alumni.ucsd.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine, BS, Biological Sciences
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Regulates Signaling by a Heterologous Ligand
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Kuo-Fen Lee
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Preliminary Year at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; General Surgery, UC San Diego Medical Center
- Current Position: Resident, General Surgery, UC San Diego Medical Center
- Publications - [10 kb]
David Sykes
- Email: dsykes@alumni.ucsd.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta, BS, Biochemistry
- Graduate Department: Molecular Pathology
- Thesis Title: Conditional Version of E2a/Pbx1 Provided Cell-Based Systems to Dissect the Mechanism by which E2a/Pbx1 Establishes Myleoid and Lymphoid Differentiation Arrest
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Mark Kamps
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- Current Position: Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, Dana-Farber/Massachusetts General Partners Program, Boston
- Publications - [12 kb]
John Welch
- Email: jwelch@im.wustl.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University, BS, Mol. Biology,
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: PPAR-gamma, the Macrophage and the Microarray: A Play in Three Acts
- Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christopher Glass
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Postgraduate Education: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
- Current Position: Oncology Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis.
- Publications - [54 kb]
Timothy Hall
- Email: mccajor@earthlink.net
- Undergraduate Institution: Harvard, AB, History and Literature, 1994
- Graduate Department: Anthropology
- Thesis Title: Social Change, Mental Health, and the Evolution of Gay Male Identities: A Clinical Ethnography of Post-Communist Prague
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. Roy D'Andrade / Dr. Tanya Luhrman
- Graduation Year: 2005
- Postgraduate Education: Postdoctoral Position at the University of Chicago, 2005-2007
- Current Position: Research-track residency in Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience
- Publications
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Stanley Shyn
- Email: stanshyn@yahoo.com
- Undergraduate Institution: MIT, BS, Biology, 1996
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Cameleon Reveals a Physiologic Correlate for Alternative Behavorial States in C Elegans Egg-Laying
- Thesis Advisor at UCSD: Dr. William Schafer
- Graduation Year: 2005
- Postgraduate Education: Psychiatry, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco
- Current Position: Resident, Psychiatry, UC San Francisco Medical Center
- Publications - [10 kb]
Larry Flechner
- Email: lflechner@urology.ucsf.edu
- Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BA, History, 1997
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: Role of the CREB Pathway in Glucose Homeostasis
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Steve Hedrick (Summer 1999)
- Dr. Ron Evans (Summer 1999)
- Dr. Marc Montminy (Summer 2000)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Marc Montminy, The Salk Institute
- Publications - [10 kb]
Will Go
- Email: Unknown
- Undergraduate Institution: Carleton College, BA, Biology, 1998
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: The Role of the Mammalian Osmotic Stress Response in Adaptive Immunity: New Insights from Studies of the NFAT5/TonEBP Transcription Factor
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Marilyn Farquhar (Summer 1998)
- Dr. Steffan Ho (Summer 1999)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Steffan Ho
- Publications - [10 kb]
Jeanne Maglione
- Email: Unknown
- Undergraduate Institution: UCLA, BS, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, 1997
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences Thesis Title: PyV-mT Induced Neoplastic Progression in the Mouse Mammary Gland: Insights Revealed by the Creation and Investigation of PyV-mT Mammary Intraepithelial Outgrowth (MIN-O) Lines
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Tony Hunter, Salk Institute (Summer 1997)
- Dr. Thomas Kipps (Summer 1998)
- Dr. Carol MacLeod (Summer 1999)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Carol Macleod
- Publications - [13 kb]
Chris Myers
- Email: cmyers1008@sbcglobal.net
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA / BS, Molecular and Cell Biology / Chemistry, 1996
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Motor Circuits Deciphered by Molecular Genetics
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Kim Barrett (Summer 1998 and 1999)
- Dr. Sam Pfaff (Fall 1999)
- Dr. Eric Turner (Winter 2000)
- Dr. Sam Pfaff, Salk Institute (Summer 2000)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Sam Pfaff, Salk Institute
- Publications - [9 kb]
Alexandra Nelson
- Email: Unknown
- Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS, Biology, 1996
- Graduate Department: Neurosciences
- Thesis Title: Plasticity of Intrinsic Excitability in the Vestibular Nucleus
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Sacha Du Lac, Salk Institute (Summer 2000)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Sacha Du Lac, Salk Institute
- Publications - [8 kb]
John Scheel
- Email: Unknown
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Riverside, BS, Biology, 1997
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: Real Time Gene Expression in Neural Progenitor Cells
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Carrolee Barlow, Salk Institue (Summer 1999)
- Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia (Summer 2000)
- Dr. Carrolee Barlow, Salk Institute (Summer and Fall 2000) - Thesis Lab
- Dr. Fred Gage (Thesis lab since Fall 2002)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Fred Gage, Salk Institute
- Publications - [12 kb]
Beverly Zak
- Email: Unknown
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara, BA, Economics, 1998; MS Economics, 1992; UC Irvine, BS, Biology, 1997
- Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
- Thesis Title: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses and Heparan Sulfate Polymerization
- Laboratory rotation with:
- Dr. Jeff Esko (Summer 1998)
- Dr. Marylin Farquhar (Winter through Summer 1999)
- Thesis Lab: Dr. Jeff Esko
- Publications - [9 kb]