{"result":[{"lastName":"Baccus","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6027&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen A. Baccus","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Baccus","researchInterest":"We study how the neural circuitry of the vertebrate retina encodes visual scenes. We use a combination of experimental and theoretical methods, including multielectrode extracellular array recording, intracellular recording, two-photon laser scanning imaging, and computational modelling."},{"lastName":"Elias","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10593&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laura AB Elias","firstName":"Laura","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Laura_Elias","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Huberman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9622&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew D. Huberman","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Huberman","researchInterest":"Development and regeneration of the visual system"},{"lastName":"Shatz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8146&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Carla Shatz","firstName":"Carla","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Carla_Shatz","researchInterest":"The goal of research in the Shatz Laboratory is to discover how brain circuits are tuned up by experience during critical periods of development both before and after birth by elucidating cellular and molecular mechanisms that transform early fetal and neonatal brain circuits into mature connections. To discover mechanistic underpinnings of circuit tuning, the lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity and studied their function for vision, learning and memory."},{"lastName":"Chandrasekaran","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8816&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anand Chandrasekaran","firstName":"Anand","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anand_Chandrasekaran","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schrijver","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Clinical Molecular Genetics"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3905&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Iris Schrijver","firstName":"Iris","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Iris_Schrijver","researchInterest":"Iris Schrijver is a diplomate of the ABMG, with specialty certification in Clinical Molecular Genetics. In addition, she is a diplomate of the ABP in Clinical Pathology. She is one of the directors of the diagnostic Molecular Pathology laboratory and Stanford Point-of-Care testing. Research interests include the characterization of the molecular basis of inherited disorders, genotype-phenotype correlations, and development of novel molecular diagnostic tools."},{"lastName":"Darian-Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5979&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Corinna Darian-Smith","firstName":"Corinna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Corinna_Darian-Smith","researchInterest":"My lab looks at the organization and function of central neural pathways that underlie directed manual behavior.  We are specifically interested in how these pathways adapt following injury, and use a combination of approaches in monkeys to identify mechanisms mediating neural reorganization and behavioral recovery."},{"lastName":"Dodd","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Neuroradiology"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6790&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Dodd","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Dodd","researchInterest":"Dr. Dodd is involved in clinical trials using endovascular coils that have a fiber coating that help heal aneurysms of the neck and can prevent an aneurysm from reforming. He uses minimally invasive endoscopic techniques to treat brain tumors.\r\n\r\nDodd's research interests are in cerebral blood vessel reactivity and stroke."},{"lastName":"Fernald","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6221&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Russell D. Fernald","firstName":"Russell","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Russell_Fernald","researchInterest":"In the course of evolution,two of the strongest selective forces in nature,light and sex, have left their mark on living organisms.                      I am interested in how the development and function of the nervous system reflects these events. In the visual system, we are studying the cellular basis of retinal development.                      In the reproductive system, we have indentified a collection of cells in the brain containing gonodotropin releasing hormone(GnRH)"},{"lastName":"Nimmerjahn","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Axel Nimmerjahn","firstName":"Axel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Axel_Nimmerjahn","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sayres","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8872&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rory Sayres","firstName":"Rory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rory_Sayres","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Palanker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Palanker","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Palanker","researchInterest":"Interactions of electric field and light with biological cells and tissues and their applications to diagnostics, therapeutics and prosthetics, primarily in ophthalmology.\r\n\r\nSpecific fields of interest include:\r\nMinimally-invasive optical therapeutics;\r\nElectronic retinal prosthesis; \r\nMicrosurgical and cell-surgical technologies; \r\nOptical imaging and spectroscopy; \r\nElectronic control of cells and tissues;"},{"lastName":"Barres","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4239&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ben Barres","firstName":"Ben","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ben_Barres","researchInterest":"Our lab is interested in the neuronal-glial interactions that underlie the development and function of the mammlian central nervous system."},{"lastName":"Marmor","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Ophthalmology"},{"focus":"Medical retinal disease: in particular, retinal dystrophies, macular dystrophies, toxic retinopathy, disorders of retinal function such as night or color blindness, unexplained visual loss"},{"focus":"Supervision of physiologic testing including electroretinogram ERG), multifocal electroretinogram  (mfERG) and visually evoked potentials (VEP)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4485&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Marmor","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Marmor","researchInterest":"Research concerns diseases of retinal function, techniques of clinical electrophysiology, and experimental studies on retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) function including fluid transport and retinal adhesiveness.  Other studies consider aspects of vision and art, and ophthalmic history.\r\nPublished over 300 journal articles, chapters, books (only selected articles listed)."},{"lastName":"Raymond","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4369&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jennifer L. Raymond","firstName":"Jennifer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jennifer_Raymond","researchInterest":"We study the neural mechanisms of learning, using a combination of behavioral, neurophysiological, and computational approaches.  The model system we use is a form of cerebellum-dependent learning that regulates eye movements."},{"lastName":"Penn","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4030&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anna Penn","firstName":"Anna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anna_Penn","researchInterest":"The Penn lab is studying the role of placental factors in brain development.  We are using novel mouse models to explore factors that contribute to normal neurodevelopment and the effects of their loss following premature birth.  We are focused on the influence of steroid hormones (estrogens and progestins) on cerebellar development and, collaboratively, are extending our studies to hippocampal stem cells and forebrain neurons."},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5928&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Susan McConnell","firstName":"Susan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_McConnell","researchInterest":"The McConnell Lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of the mammalian cerebral cortex.  Our work focuses on the earliest events that pattern the developing forebrain, enable neural progenitors to divide asymmetrically to generate young neurons, propel the migration of postmitotic neurons outward into their final positions, and sculpt the fates and phenotypes of the neurons as they differentiate."},{"lastName":"Maruska","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karen Maruska","firstName":"Karen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karen_Maruska","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schnitzer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6238&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark J. Schnitzer","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Schnitzer","researchInterest":"My laboratory has three major research efforts:\r\n1) In vivo fluorescence imaging and behavioral studies of cerebellar-dependent motor control and motor learning.\r\n2) Development and application of fiber-optic fluorescence microendoscopy imaging techniques for studies of learning and memory in behaving mice and for clinical uses in humans.\r\n3) Development of high-throughput, massively parallel imaging techniques for studying brain function in large numbers of Drosophila concurrently."},{"lastName":"Clandinin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Clandinin","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Clandinin","researchInterest":"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."},{"lastName":"Heller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7084&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefan Heller","firstName":"Stefan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stefan_Heller","researchInterest":"Most types of congenital and acquired hearing loss arise from damage to, or loss of hair cells, the sensory cells of the inner ear.  Our recent work has focused on generating inner ear cell types from stem cells and we are interested in signaling pathways that control hair cell and auditory neuron (re-)generation in vitro and in vivo.  In a second line of research, we are working on the identification and the molceular characterization of proteins that are important for hair cell function."},{"lastName":"Blumenkranz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Ophthalmology"},{"focus":"Macular and Vitreoretinal Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4444&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark S. Blumenkranz","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Blumenkranz","researchInterest":"Clinical Interest and Research\r\nMy primary areas of interest are in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of vitreal retinal diseases.  These principally include age-related macular degeneration and other diseases of the macula, and tractional syndromes, diabetic retinopathy, and complex forms of retinal detachment.  I have been interested in the development of novel technology to diagnose and treat these diseases, including new forms of imaging, laser delivery systems, other microsurgi"},{"lastName":"Wandell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian A. Wandell","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Brian_Wandell","researchInterest":"The development and organization of visual cortex.  The study of the brain pathways essential for reading development.  Diffusion tensor imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging and computational modeling of visual perception and brain processes."},{"lastName":"Quertermous","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Quertermous","researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease."},{"lastName":"Hestrin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4343&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shaul Hestrin","firstName":"Shaul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shaul_Hestrin","researchInterest":"The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons and the circuits they form give rise to cortical activity and function. Our approach includes recordings from multiple cells, calcium imaging, two-photon imaging and viral-based optogenetic methods to activate  cortical neurons as well as cortical afferents."}]}