Thomas Clandinin
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor, Neurobiology
- Member, Bio-X
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Professional Snapshot
Honors and Awards
- 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)
Professional Education
| B.Sc.: | University of Alberta, Genetics (1990) |
| M.Sc.: | University of Calgary, Medical Genetics (1992) |
| Ph.D.: | Caltech, Biology (1998) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Sheetal Bhalerao , Damon Clark , Daryl Gohl , Tina Schwabe , Marion Silies , Mathias Wernet , Saskia de Vries
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
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
- Neural circuitry: seeing the parts that make the picture. Curr Biol. 2008; (9): R378-80
- Reactive oxygen species act remotely to cause synapse loss in a Drosophila model of developmental mitochondrial encephalopathy. Development. 2008; (15): 2669-79
- The cadherin Flamingo mediates level-dependent interactions that guide photoreceptor target choice in Drosophila. Neuron. 2008; (1): 26-33
- Motion processing streams in Drosophila are behaviorally specialized. Neuron. 2008; (2): 322-35
- Insect vision: remembering the shape of things. Curr Biol. 2006; (10): R369-71
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