Philippe Mourrain

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator)

Bio

Expertise: Neurobiology, Sleep sciences, Molecular Genetics, Developmental Biology, Gene Silencing/Epigenetics

Methodology: Synapse Imaging (Two photon microscopy, Array Tomography), Calcium Imaging (Light Sheet Microscopy/SPIM, Light Field Microscopy), Optogenetics, CLARITY, Tol2 transgenesis, TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9, Video tracking and behavior computation.

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Administrative Appointments

Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine (2023 - Present)

2024-25 Courses

The Neurobiology of Sleep
BIO 149, BIO 249, HUMBIO 161, PSYC 149, PSYC 261 (Win)

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Psychiatry
  PSYC 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  PSYC 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  PSYC 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching in Psychiatry
  PSYC 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research, Independent Study, or Directed Reading
  PSYC 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2023-24 Courses

The Neurobiology of Sleep
BIO 149, BIO 249, HUMBIO 161, PSYC 149, PSYC 261 (Win)

2022-23 Courses

The Neurobiology of Sleep
BIO 149, BIO 249, HUMBIO 161, PSYC 149, PSYC 261 (Win, Spr)

2021-22 Courses

The Neurobiology of Sleep
BIO 149, BIO 249, HUMBIO 161, PSYC 149, PSYC 261 (Win)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Keri Ngo

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