Thomas Clandinin
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Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Pioneer Awardee
NIH
2007
Scholar
McKnight Foundation
2006
Fellow
Klingenstein Foundation
2005
Burroughs-Wellcome Career Development Award
Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation
2000
Searle Scholar
Searle Foundation
2003
6 honors and awards: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
B.Sc.
University of Alberta
Genetics
1990
M.Sc.
University of Calgary
Medical Genetics
1992
Ph.D.
Caltech
Biology
1998
Research Interests
My lab addresses two distinct questions. That is, how can precise patterns of neuronal connections be genetically programmed during development, and how, once formed, can such circuits be used to mediate complex visual behaviors? Using the fruit fly visual system as a model, we employ genetic approaches to manipulate the functions of genes and neurons. From this, we infer specific developmental roles for particular molecules, and infer specific computational roles for individual neurons.
Publications
- Choe KM, Prakash S, Bright A, Clandinin TR "Liprin-{alpha} is required for photoreceptor target selection in Drosophila." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; More »
- Katsov A, Clandinin TR "Insect vision: remembering the shape of things." Curr Biol 2006; 16: 10: R369-71 More »
- Clandinin TR, "Surprising twists to exocyst function." Neuron 2005; 46: 2: 164-6 More »
- Prakash S, Caldwell JC, Eberl DF, Clandinin TR "Drosophila N-cadherin mediates an attractive interaction between photoreceptor axons and their targets." Nat Neurosci 2005; 8: 4: 443-50 More »
- Choe KM, Clandinin TR "Thinking about Visual Behavior; Learning about Photoreceptor Function." Curr Top Dev Biol 2005; 69: 187-213 More »
12 publications: view full list