Michelle Tjia

Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurosurgery

Professional Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of California Santa Cruz (2019)
Bachelor of Science, University of California Irvine (2011)
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (2019)

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Ryan T. Ash MD, PhD

Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Mindfulness, Mind Body Relations (Physiology)

15 Total Publications
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Lu Chen

Professor of Neurosurgery and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
What distinguishes us humans from other animals is our ability to undergo complex behavior. The synapses are the structural connection between neurons that mediates the communication between neurons, which underlies our various cognitive function. My research program aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation.

62 Total Publications
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Corinna Darian-Smith, PhD

Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests
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.

36 Total Publications
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Karl Deisseroth

D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Psychiatry
Research Interests
Karl Deisseroth's laboratory created and developed optogenetics, hydrogel-tissue chemistry (beginning with CLARITY), and a broad range of enabling methods. He also has employed his technologies to discover the neural cell types and connections that cause adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.

526 Total Publications
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Gerwin Dijk

Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering

7 Total Publications
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Jun Ding

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
Research Interests
Neural circuits of movement control in health and movement disorders

50 Total Publications
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Shaul Druckmann

Associate Professor of Neurobiology, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Our research goal is to understand how dynamics in neuronal circuits relate and constrain the representation of information and computations upon it. We adopt three synergistic strategies: First, we analyze neural circuit population recordings to better understand the relation between neural dynamics and behavior, Second, we theoretically explore the types of dynamics that could be associated with particular network computations. Third, we analyze the structural properties of neural circuits.

35 Total Publications
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Sofia Essayan-Perez

MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2024 Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2017 MSTP Student

3 Total Publications
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Maylin Fu

Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering, admitted Autumn 2022

4 Total Publications
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Shaul Hestrin, PhD

Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests
The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons, the circuits they form and the inputs they receive give rise to neuronal activity and behavior. Our approach includes behavioral studies, two-photon calcium imaging, in vivo whole cell recording in behaving animals and optogenetic methods to activate or to silence the activity of cortical neurons.

56 Total Publications
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Iason Keramidis

Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology

8 Total Publications
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Ji-il Kim

Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry

14 Total Publications