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2022 | ||
| December 16, 2022 | Sydney has joined us as a part-time lab technician for fish care. Welcome, Sydney! | |
| December 16, 2022 | Our Molecular Psychiatry paper has made the cover! Congrats to Mahendra and Mahdi! |
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| August 17, 2022 | Congratulations to Imani for passing her qualifying exam! | |
| June 14, 2022 | Romelo has been selected as an IMSD affiliate and will start his first lab rotation as part of the UCSF PSPG PhD program on July 1. Congratulations Romelo! We will miss you. | |
| May 2, 2022 | Vincent Mouilleau, who obtained his PhD in Neuroscience from Paris-Saclay University, has joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome Vincent! | |
| April 28, 2022 | Light can lift our moods. Now we may know why, through our work using tiny zebrafish, published online in Molecular Psychiatry, accessible through the following links: | |
| March 31, 2022 | Our paper “Brain-wide perception of the emotional valence of light is regulated by distinct hypothalamic neurons” has been accepted in Molecular Psychiatry. Congratulations to Mahendra and Mahdi, and others who have made valuable contributions to this story! Our paper “"In vivo dopamine neuron imaging-based small molecule screen identifies novel neuroprotective compounds and targets" has been accepted in Frontiers in Pharmacology. Congratulations to Jeffrey, Meri, and others who have made valuable contributions to this story! Our paper “The psychoactive effects of Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken leaves in young zebrafish” has been accepted in PLOS ONE. Congratulations to Kassia, Adam, and others who have made valuable contributions to this story! Our paper “High activity and high functional connectivity are mutually exclusive in resting state zebrafish and human brains” has been accepted in BMC Biology. Congratulations to Mahdi! | |
2021 | ||
| September 22, 2021 | Our paper "A Zebrafish Screen Reveals Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors as Neuroprotective via Mitochondrial Restoration in Dopamine Neurons" has been published in eLife! |
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| September 7, 2021 | Imani Warren, a PSPG graduate student, has joined our lab. Welcome, Imani! | |
| September 1, 2021 | Both Jeffrey and Adam have officially graduated! Jeffrey has moved on to be a scientist at Color Genomics and Adam is an Adjunct Professor at Los Medanos College. Both will continue to be local Bay area residents. We will miss you, but congratulations Jeffrey and Adam! | |
| August 28, 2021 | Lena Cook, a doctoral candidate of Physical Therapy at UCSF, has joined us as a fish care lab assistant (part time). Welcome, Lena! | |
| August 26, 2021 | Our paper "A Zebrafish Screen Reveals Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors as Neuroprotective via Mitochondrial Restoration in Dopamine Neurons" has been accepted in eLife. Congratulations to Jeffrey and others who have made valuable contributions to this story! | |
| July 14, 2021 | Our paper published in Learning and Memory has been selected for the cover art. Congratulations to Jiale and Romelo! |
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| July 13, 2021 | Our paper “THC-induced Behavioral Stereotypy in Zebrafish as a Model of Psychosis-like Behavior” has been accepted in Scientific Reports. Congratulations to Amelia and others! | |
| May 24, 2021 | Xiang has accepted an offer as a scientist in the Chan and Zuckerberg Biohub. We will miss you, but congratulations, Xiang! | |
| Apr 3, 2021 | Check out Su’s podcast on Scientific Sense, in which she discussed light-dark preference and other behavioral/circuit-related topics with the host Gill Eapen. | |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Xiang has been awarded Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation 2021-2022 for his proposal “PCM1 function in the asymmetric radial glial progenitor division.” Congratulations, Xiang! | |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Our manuscript “Polarized endosome dynamics engage cytoplasmic Par-3 that recruits dynein during asymmetric cell division” has been accepted in Science Advances. Congratulations, Xiang and Jason! | |
2020 | ||
| Jul 1, 2020 | James Shortland, an undergraduate researcher from University of Manchester, UK, started a on-year research internship in our lab. Welcome James!. | |
2019 | ||
| Aug 25, 2019 | Welcome to Kassia Pereira, a visiting scholar for one year. She is a PhD student from UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Welcome to Qiuyan Wu and Katharina Henke. Qiuyan is an intern for three months. She is a graduate student from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Katharina is a research intern for seven months. She has a PharmD from Germany. | |
| Jul 29, 2019 | Welcome to Jason Garcia, a UCSF Tetrad graduate student. | |
| Jul 1, 2019 | Welcome to Xiong Li and Yiran Wang, both summer interns. They are undergraduate students from Fudan University, China. | |
| Jun 17, 2019 | Welcome to Aditya Sriram, a summer intern. He is an undergraduate student from UC Davis. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 | Welcome to Ella Milliken, a summer intern. She is an undergraduate student from Carleton College. | |
| May 28, 2019 | Welcome to Reecan Juarez, a UCSF SRTP summer intern. She is an undergraduate student from City University of New York, Hunter College. | |
| May 27, 2019 | Welcome to Ashley Romo, an undergraduate student researcher. She attends college at UC Berkeley. | |
| May 15, 2019 | Welcome to David Shostak and Sherry Tong, both summer interns. David is an undergraduate student from Oberlin College. Sherry is an undergraduate student from Tulane University. | |
2018 | ||
| Dec 20, 2018 | Welcome to Maria Burdyniuk, who is turning to neurosciences and hopes to combine both fields in her new project on brain-wide neuroplasticity upon dopamine alterations in zebrafish. | |
| Nov 14, 2018 | This fall, we welcome the following new lab members from all over the world. | |
| Amelia Dahlen is a fourth-year neuroscience student from University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She is interested in the neuropharmacology of addiction and mental illness, as well as processes of neurodegeneration. |
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| Jie Gong is a visiting scholar and associate professor from Nantong University China. He is interested in neuronal development. |
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| Longping Peng is a second-year graduate student from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is interested in the in vivo effects and mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine extracts. |
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| Stacy Steinberg is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. She is interested in the molecular mechanisms and neurobiology of schizophrenia. |
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| Sacha Salphati is a third-year undergraduate student from Imperial College London. He is interested in GPCR drug molecules and the endocannabinoid system. |
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| Liqiang Wei is a fourth-year undergraduate student from Fudan University. He is interested in genes, social behavior, and neuropsychiatric disorders. |
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| Jul 10, 2018 | Welcome to summer interns Déja Santana and Mei Blundell. | |
| Déja Santana is our 2018 NIDA intern. She is a sophomore majoring in neuroscience at Drew University in Madison, NJ. Her research interests include behavior, addiction, and the effects of drugs on the developing brain. In her free time she enjoys traveling, drawing, hiking, and writing. |
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| Mei Blundell is a sophomore biology major at UCLA. She is pursuing a career in research in fields such as neuroscience, ecosystem dynamics, or developmental biology. In her free time, she enjoys practicing ballet and playing the Chinese hammered dulcimer. |
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| Apr 6, 2018 | Congrats to Adam Melgoza for receiving an NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship. |
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| Feb 18, 2018 | Congrats to Adam Melgoza for receiving a 2018 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation for his proposal “Discovering novel anxiolytics through manipulation of Endocannabinoid System.” |
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| Jan 25, 2018 | Farewell to Bin Hui, who has successfully completed his one-year visit to our lab. | |
2017 | ||
| Nov 16, 2017 | Congrats to Jeffrey (Gha-Hyun) Kim, who has successfully completed his PhD qualifying exam. | |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Welcome to Kristina Poston, a UCSD graduate who has joined us as a junior specialist. |
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| Sep 22, 2017 | Welcome to Lana Harshman, a first-year Tetrad graduate student who is rotating with us this fall. She is interested in genetics, neural development, and processes related to neurological disorders. | |
| Sep 20, 2017 | Welcome to Tianming Wang and Jingwen Yang, two visiting scholars joining us from Zhejiang Ocean University, China. | |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Welcome to Capria Rinaldi, a first-year graduate student of PSPG program rotating in our lab this fall. She is interested in neurodegeneration. |
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| Aug 10, 2017 | Welcome to Kristina Poston, an intern whose research interest is neuroscience. |
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| Apr 4, 2017 | Welcome to Zak Doric, a neuroscience graduate student rotating in our lab this spring quarter. |
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| Jan 17, 2017 | Congrats to Harrison Liu for getting his PhD. |
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| Jan 10, 2017 | Welcome to Serena Tamura, PSPG graduate student rotating in our lab this winter quarter. |
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| Jan 10, 2017 | Welcome to Adam Melgoza, PSPG graduate students rotating in our lab this winter quarter. |
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2016 | ||
| Sep 17, 2016 | Welcome to Kai Tong, a joined undergraduate intern from Fudan University’s Bio-Elite Program, between Jeremy Reiter and our lab. | |
| Sep 17, 2016 | Yiming Bai’s paper has been accepted by BMC Neuroscience: An undergraduate intern, one month of work, quite an accomplishment! |
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| Jun 29, 2016 | Congrats to Francesca Oltrabella, who was selected for the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program. | |
| May 10, 2016 | Mahdi Zarei and Dan Xie visit the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), Berkeley. |
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| May 5, 2016 | Yiming Bai presents his undergraduate thesis work on zebrafish behavior. |
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| May 4, 2016 | Harrison Liu, Jeffrey (Gha-Hyun) Kim, and Monica present their current drug screening research at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy 18th Annual Spring Research Seminar. |
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| Apr 1, 2016 | Welcome to Yiming Bai from Fudan University who will continue his undergraduate thesis research on zebrafish behavior. |
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| Mar 24, 2016 | Congrats to Jeffrey (Gha-Hyun) Kim for completing his pharmaceutical sciences pathway project and graduating from the School of Pharmacy. |
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| Feb 18, 2016 | Congrats to Jeffrey (Gha-Hyun) Kim, Harrison Liu, and Han Mo for receiving the Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation this past month for their project “Development of an in-vivo screening system for neuroprotective drug discovery using NTR-MTZ Zebrafish model.” This research will involve screening potential drugs that may combat neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 | Welcome to Xiang Zhao joining us from University of Helsinki, Finland. He will investigate modes of stem cell divisions in brain development. | |