Neuroscience Graduate Group | College of Biological Sciences

Nature Reviews "How to Build a Dragon or Die Trying"

Professor Paul Knoepfler, UC Davis Genome Center, studies the epigenetic and transcriptional control mechanisms that direct stem cell fate and tissue growth. He's also a writer, recently co-authoring the book How to Build a Dragon or Die Trying: A Satirical Look at Cutting-Edge Science with his daughter Julie Knoepfler. Helen Pilcher recently reviewed the book in Nature.

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Discovering Curiosity: Brain Puzzles with UC Davis Center for Neuroscience Director Kimberley McAllister

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience Director Kimberley McAllister studies the puzzle of the developing brain. Part of her research focuses on why viral infection during pregnancy can increase the likelihood of a child developing autism and schizophrenia.

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How Psychedelics Could Help Treat Depression with Neuroscience Ph.D. Student Lindsay Cameron

Neuroscience Ph.D. student Lindsay Cameron and other researchers at UC Davis are actively exploring drugs capable of restoring health in the brains of those with mood disorders. Some dark horse candidates are psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and DMT.

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Meet Stela Petkova, Neuroscience Graduate Student and Grad Slam Finalist

UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Learn more about Grad Slam Stela Petkova, a neuroscience graduate student.

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Discovering Curiosity: Mining the Frontiers of Neuroscience with Wilsaan Joiner

An assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Wilsaan Joiner explores sensorimotor integration: how sensory inputs, like vision, influence our motor actions and vice versa.

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Exploring Vision, Perception and Behavior: W. Martin Usrey Named Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Endowed Chair in Physiology

The UC Davis College of Biological Sciences named Professor W. Martin Usrey, a neurobiologist interested in the physiology of vision, to the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Endowed Chair in Physiology.

Awards and Recognition

Brian Wiltgen

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science
Center for Neuroscience

Research Interests: Neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory

Wilsaan M. Joiner

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine

Research Interests: Sensorimotor integration in visual perception, motor learning, motor adaptation and rehabilitation

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Jennifer Whistler

Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience; Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine
Center for Neuroscience

Research Interests: Neurobiology of addictive disorders and their comorbidities

Kassandra Ori-McKenney

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences

Research Interests: Neuronal Cytoarchitecture | Regulation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton | Drosophila Neurobiology

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