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Miriam Goodman Info

Miriam B. Goodman

Email:
Phone:(650) 721-5976
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Miriam_Goodman/

Alternate Contact:
Name: Elizabeth Drago
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: edrago@stanford.edu

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Member
Bio-X
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Biophysics ; Molecular and Cellular Physiology ; Neurosciences ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Klingenstein Fellow in Neuroscience
The Klingenstein Fund
2005-2008
McKnight Scholar Award
McKnight Endowment
2005-2008
Prize in Neurobiology
Eppendorf & Science
2004
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2002-2004
Terman Fellow
Stanford University
2002-2005
6  honors and awards: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
Ph.D.
The University of Chicago
Neurobiology
1995
Sc.B.
Brown University
Biochemistry
1986
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:   Goodman Lab Site
Research Interests

We study the molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature in C. elegans. To do this, we use a combination of quantitative behavioral analysis, genetics, in vivo electrophysiology, and heterologous expression of ion channels. We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction.

Publications
  • Ramot D, Johnson BE, Berry TL, Carnell L, Goodman MB "The parallel worm tracker: a platform for measuring average speed and drug-induced paralysis in nematodes." PLoS ONE 2008; 3: 5: e2208 More »
  • Brown AL, Liao Z, Goodman MB "MEC-2 and MEC-6 in the Caenorhabditis elegans Sensory Mechanotransduction Complex: Auxiliary Subunits that Enable Channel Activity." J Gen Physiol 2008; 131: 6: 605-16 More »
  • Brown AL, Fernandez-Illescas SM, Liao Z, Goodman MB "Gain-of-Function Mutations in the MEC-4 DEG/ENaC Sensory Mechanotransduction Channel Alter Gating and Drug Blockade." J Gen Physiol 2007; 129: 2: 161-73 More »
  • Park SJ, Goodman MB, Pruitt BL "Analysis of nematode mechanics by piezoresistive displacement clamp." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104: 44: 17376-81 More »
  • Cueva JG, Mulholland A, Goodman MB "Nanoscale organization of the MEC-4 DEG/ENaC sensory mechanotransduction channel in Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons." J Neurosci 2007; 27: 51: 14089-98 More »
24 publications:   view full list