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This process is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity is regulated and whether the nascent potential of resident stem cells can be harnessed for brain repair."},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4402&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zijie Sun","firstName":"Zijie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Zijie_Sun","researchInterest":"My laboratory focuses on understanding the transcriptional processes that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to neoplastic state."},{"lastName":"Sapolsky","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6114&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Sapolsky","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Robert_Sapolsky","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sidow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4393&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Arend Sidow","firstName":"Arend","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Arend_Sidow","researchInterest":"We study the function and molecular evolution of proteins and noncoding functional elements in the genome.  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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. 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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":"Somero","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6242&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Somero","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/George_Somero","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Heller","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=6225&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"H Craig Heller","firstName":"H Craig","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/H Craig_Heller","researchInterest":"Neurobiology of sleep, circadian rhythms, regulation of body temperature, mammalian hibernation, and human exercise physiology."},{"lastName":"Garner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Craig C. 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