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Susan McConnell

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Phone:(650) 725-8786
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_McConnell/

Alternate Contact:
Name: Elyse Pierson
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: epierson@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-4816

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor
Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
Professor (By courtesy)
Neurobiology
Member
Bio-X
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Neurosciences ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Elected Member
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006
McKnight Investigator
McKnight Foundation
1997
SFN Young Investigator Award
Society for Neuroscience
1995
Terman Fellow
Stanford University
1994
McKnight Scholar
McKnight Foundation
1993
11  honors and awards: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
A.B.
Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges
Biology
1980
Ph.D.
Harvard University
Neurobiology
1987
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:   McConnell Lab Website
Research Interests

Susan McConnell is the Susan B. Ford Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. She joined the Stanford faculty in 1989. McConnell studies the development of the cerebral cortex, the brain region that controls our highest cognitive and perceptual functions. The nerve cells of the cortex are generated during fetal life; once these cells are ‘born,’ they migrate over long distances before forming connections with other nerve cells. McConnell explores the mechanisms by which young neurons acquire an identity and establish specific connections. Her studies provide insights into the process of how the brain wires itself up during normal development.

Publications
  • Alcamo EA, Chirivella L, Dautzenberg M, Dobreva G, Fariñas I, Grosschedl R, McConnell SK "Satb2 regulates callosal projection neuron identity in the developing cerebral cortex." Neuron 2008; 57: 3: 364-77 More »
  • Hayhurst M, Gore BB, Tessier-Lavigne M, McConnell SK "Ongoing sonic hedgehog signaling is required for dorsal midline formation in the developing forebrain." Dev Neurobiol 2007; More »
  • Okada A, Charron F, Morin S, Shin DS, Wong K, Fabre PJ, Tessier-Lavigne M, McConnell SK "Boc is a receptor for sonic hedgehog in the guidance of commissural axons." Nature 2006; More »
  • Friedel RH, Plump A, Lu X, Spilker K, Jolicoeur C, Wong K, Venkatesh TR, Yaron A, Hynes M, Chen B, Okada A, McConnell SK, Rayburn H, Tessier-Lavigne M "From The Cover: Gene targeting using a promoterless gene trap vector ("targeted trapping") is an efficient method to mutate a large fraction of genes." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102: 37: 13188-93 More »
  • Schaar BT, McConnell SK "Cytoskeletal coordination during neuronal migration." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102: 38: 13652-7 More »
63 publications:   view full list