Thomas Clandinin

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

Postdoctoral Advisees

Sheetal Bhalerao , Damon Clark , Daryl Gohl , Tina Schwabe , Marion Silies , Mathias Wernet , Saskia de Vries

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Neurobiology
• Neurosciences

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. Vélez MM, Clandinin TR. Curr Biol. 2008; 18 (9): R378-80
• Reactive oxygen species act remotely to cause synapse loss in a Drosophila model of developmental mitochondrial encephalopathy. Mast JD, Tomalty KM, Vogel H, Clandinin TR. Development. 2008; 135 (15): 2669-79
• The cadherin Flamingo mediates level-dependent interactions that guide photoreceptor target choice in Drosophila. Chen PL, Clandinin TR. Neuron. 2008; 58 (1): 26-33
• Motion processing streams in Drosophila are behaviorally specialized. Katsov AY, Clandinin TR. Neuron. 2008; 59 (2): 322-35
• Insect vision: remembering the shape of things. Katsov A, Clandinin TR. Curr Biol. 2006; 16 (10): R369-71