Department of Neuroscience
The Department of Neuroscience plays a key role in the development and teaching of basic sciences in the Medical School Gateway curriculum, including human anatomy, histology, and neuroscience. In conjunction with the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) program in neuroscience, the department also offers introductory graduate courses in cellular, molecular, and systems neuroscience. In addition, the department also offers a number of advanced courses that are primarily designed for graduate students but that are also open to students in the medical curriculum. Finally, advanced elective research activities are offered by faculty in the department.
Website: | http://neuroscience.wustl.edu |
Linda J. Richards AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD
Department Chair
Visit our website for more information about our faculty and their appointments.
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Kari Leigh Allen, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Courtesy)
MA New Mexico St University 2008
PHD Duke University 2014
BA State Univ of NY Potsdam 2005
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Amy Lynn Bauernfeind, PHD, M PHIL
Associate Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Anthropology (Courtesy)
BS Vanderbilt University 2004
PHD George Washington University 2014
M PHIL George Washington University 2011
Paul C Bridgman, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
BA University of San Diego 1974
PHD Purdue University 1980
MS University of CA San Diego 1976
Andreas H Burkhalter, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neurobiology in Neurological Surgery
PHD University of Zurich 1977
MS University of Zurich 1973
Harold Burton, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Professor of Radiology
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison 1968
BA University of Michigan 1964
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Valeria Cavalli, MS, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
MS University of Geneva 1992
PHD University of Geneva 2000
BS University of Geneva 1991
Yao Chen, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
MS Cambridge University 2006
BS Cambridge University 2002
PHD Harvard University 2009
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Krikor T Dikranian, PHD, MD
Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Professor of Physical Therapy
PHD Medical University - Sofia 1992
MD Medical University - Varna 1978
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James Alexander John Fitzpatrick, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
BS King's College London 2000
PHD University of Bristol 2003
Susan M Fitzpatrick, PHD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
PHD Cornell University 1984
BS St Johns University 1978
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Harrison W. Gabel, AB, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
AB Princeton University 2001
PHD Harvard University 2008
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Edward B. Han, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
BS Cornell University 1995
PHD University of CA San Diego 2004
Martha B. Han, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of CA San Diego 2008
BS Yale University 2000
Timothy E. Holy, MA, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Neuroscience
BA Rice University 1991
MA Princeton University 1992
PHD Princeton University 1997
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Ahmad Jezzini, MS, PHD
Instructor in Neuroscience (primary appointment)
MS Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1 2004
PHD University of Parma 2010
BS Lebanese Univ Med Science 2003
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Adam Kepecs, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychiatry
Robert J Terry Professor of Neuroscience
BS Eötvös Loránd University 1997
PHD Brandeis University 2002
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Qingyun Li, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Genetics
BA China Agriculture University 2006
PHD Duke University 2015
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Ilya E. Monosov, MS, PHD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
MS NewSchool Architecture Design 2005
PHD Brown University 2009
BS University of CA San Diego 2004
Ashley C. Morhardt, PHD, MS
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
BS Illinois College, Jacksonville 2006
PHD Ohio University 2016
MS Western Illinois University 2009
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Michael L Nonet, PHD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 1989
BS University of CA Davis 1984
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Karen Laurel O'Malley, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of Texas Austin 1980
MS Portland St University 1973
BA Sonoma State University 1971
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Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Economics (Courtesy)
PHD Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 2002
MS La Sapienza University 1996
Thomas J Papouin, PHD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2005
PHD University of Bordeaux 2 2011
MS Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2007
Carlos Ramon Ponce, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS University of Utah 2001
MD Harvard University 2010
PHD Harvard University 2008
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Linda J Richards, PHD
Edison Professor of Neurobiology (primary appointment)
Head of the Department of Neuroscience
PHD Walter & Eliza Hall Institute 1994
BS Walter & Eliza Hall Institute 1990
Terrence Bradley Ritzman, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA University of Illinois 1999
MA Colorado St University 2005
PHD Arizona State University 2014
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Lawrence B Salkoff, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Genetics
BA University of CA Los Angeles 1967
PHD University of CA Berkeley 1979
Paul Joseph Shaw, PHD, MA
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of Chicago 1996
MA San Jose State University 1990
BA Niagara University 1985
Lawrence H Snyder, PHD, MD, MS, AB
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
PHD University of Rochester 1992
MD University of Rochester 1992
MS University of Rochester 1992
AB Princeton University 1982
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Paul H Taghert, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of Washington 1981
BA Reed College 1975
Gaia Tavoni, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
BS Polytechnic University of Turi 2010
PHD Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2015
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David C Van Essen, PHD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Neurobiology (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
BS California Institute Technolo 1967
PHD Harvard University 1971
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Jason Yi, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS Dickinson College 2001
PHD Duke University 2009
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Guoyan Zhao, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
MS School Not Listed 1998
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2003
BS School Not Listed 1995
Neuroscience Research Electives
During the fourth year, opportunities exist for many varieties of advanced clinical or research experiences.
Kari Allen, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-6572
Paleoanthropology and phylogenetic statistics; comparative analyses of primate craniodental morphology and the evolution of brain size
Martha Bagnall, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-9695
Molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral analyses of neural circuits for vestibular control of spinal function
Amy Bauernfeind, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-6566
Biological bases of human cognition; comparative neurobiology of primates
Paul Bridgman, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3449
Cell biology of the developing nervous system
Andreas Burkhalter, PhD
North Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-4068
Organization and function of neuronal circuits in mouse visual cortex
Harold Burton, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3556
Cortical functional reorganization in response to sensory changes due to unilateral deafness or strabismus
Valeria Cavalli, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3540
Cellular, molecular and epigentic mechanisms controlling axon regeneration
Yao Chen, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-273-7739
We aim to understand how the dynamics of neuromodulators and intracellular signals contribute to the function of neuromodulators, to learning, and to the function of sleep.
Krikor Dikranian, MD, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3548
Development and morphology of the amyloid plaques in experimental animals; neuropathological changes after head trauma
James Fitzpatrick, PhD
McKinley Research Building, Basement
Phone: 314-747-0838
Optical and charged particle multiscale microscopy application method development
Harrison Gabel, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3531
Gene regulation in the developing nervous system; molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Edward Han, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-747-2505
Learning-related hippocampal network activation
Timothy E. Holy, PhD
North Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-0086
Neural mechanisms of action of mammalian pheromones
Adam Kepecs, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-273-8523
Our long-term goal is to reverse engineer the computational and neurobiological processes underlying cognition and decision-making and apply these insights to biological psychiatry.
Tristan (Qingyun) Li, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-1422
My lab is broadly interested in neuroimmunology, with a focus on microglial biology. We combine cutting-edge, single-cell genomic technologies with in vitro and in vivo genetic, molecular, and cellular tools to investigate microglial functions in the establishment of the nervous system, and we study how changes in these functions contribute to neurological diseases.
Ilya Monosov, MS, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3740
Neuronal mechanisms of voluntary behavior
Ashley Morhardt, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-273-1859
Evolution of neural diversity within and across non-mammalian vertebrate clades, especially dinosaurs
Michael L. Nonet, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-747-1176
Molecular genetic analysis of synaptic development and function
Karen L. O’Malley, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-7087
Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative processes; signaling mechanisms associated with intracellular receptors
Camillo Padoa Schioppa, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3530
Neuronal bases of economic choice and decision making
Thomas Papouin, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-273-7738
Role played by the 80% to 90% of non-neuronal cells (glial cells) in brain function
Carlos Ponce, MD, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-273-2746
The goal of our lab is to define how neurons from different cortical areas interact to realize our perception of shape and motion.
Linda J. Richards AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3033
The Brain Development and Disorders Laboratory investigates how long-range neural circuits are established in the brain and how neural circuit plasticity affects the function of the cerebral cortex.
Terry Ritzman, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-273-1861
Comparative anatomy of the skull in primates as it relates to human evolution
Lawrence B. Salkoff, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3644
Roles of ion channels in neuronal long-term excitability changes
Paul J. Shaw, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-2703
Molecular genetics of sleep and circadian rhythms
Lawrence H. Snyder, MD, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-3530
Computational and cognitive issues in cortical control of eye and arm movement investigated via electrophysiology and imaging
Paul H. Taghert, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3641
Neurobiology of circadian rhythms; neurobiology of peptidergic neurotransmission
Gaia Tavoni
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3590
Applying concepts and methods from statistical mechanics, Bayesian theory, mathematics and biophysics to the study of the brain
David C. Van Essen, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-362-7043
Organization, function, and development of primate cerebral cortex, especially in humans; generation and utilization of neuroinformatics tools for data mining
Jason Yi, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-1664
Molecular pathways shaping nervous system development and function
Guoyan Zhao, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-9045
My laboratory is interested in understanding the regulatory networks that control the development and proper function of mammalian brains in the context of human health and disease.
Visit online course listings to view offerings for M05 Neurosci.
M05 Neurosci 554 Neural Science
This is an intensive seven-week course that covers the structure, development, and function of the nervous system as seen from molecular, cellular, and systems-oriented perspectives. The emphasis is on the organization and function of the nervous system in health, but there is frequent reference to the clinical relevance of the material presented. The course includes regular lectures, conference sessions, and laboratories (including a team based learning session), plus a number of clinically oriented presentations and special topics sessions that address selected issues in greater depth. Computer-aided instructional programs, which are accessible from a variety of locations, provide auxiliary modes of self-paced learning and review. Exams emphasize the core body of important facts and principles presented in the lectures and laboratories. Limited space is available for non-medical students with the instructor's permission. Non-medical students should register under the cross-listed number L41 554. Spring only.
Credit 109 units.
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M05 Neurosci 810 Advanced Dissection
Students will perform detailed dissections on a discrete region of the body of their choosing-i.e. head/neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvic cavity, or limbs. Students will compile a list of personal learning objectives with approval of the course director(s). A minimum of 30hrs of self-paced individual dissection is required and may include practice of surgical approaches, and/or study of cross-sectional anatomy and medical imaging.
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L41 Biol 5622 Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience Project Building
The goal of this course is to help students in the CCSN Pathway develop the critical thinking skills necessary to develop and implement high quality, interdisciplinary research projects. Throughout the course of the semester, each student will develop a research plan in their chosen area of interest. The plan will be developed in consultation with at least two faculty members (from at least two different subdisciplines within the pathway) as well as the other students and faculty participating in the course. The culmination of this course will be for each student to produce an NIH-style grant proposal on the research project of their choosing. For most students, this will serve either as their thesis proposal or a solid precursor to the thesis proposal. The course will be designed to help facilitate the development of such a research plan through didactic work, class presentations, class discussion, and constructive feedback on written work. The course will begin with a review of written examples of outstanding research proposals, primarily in the form of grant submissions similar to those that the students are expected to develop (i.e., NRSA style proposals, R03 proposals). Review of these proposals will serve as a stimulus to promote discussion about the critical elements of good research proposals and designs in different areas. Each student will be expected to give three presentations throughout the semester that will provide opportunities to receive constructive feedback on the development and implementation of research aims. The first presentation (towards the beginning of the semester) will involve presentation of the student's general topic of interest and preliminary formulation of research questions. Feedback will emphasize ways to focus and develop the research hypotheses into well-formulated questions and experiments. The second presentation will involve a more detailed presentation of specific research questions (along the lines of NIH-style Specific Aims) and an initial outline of research methods. The final presentation will involve a fuller presentation of research questions and proposed methods. Feedback, didactic work, and group discussion throughout the semester will include guidance on critical components of the development of a research plan, including how to perform literature searches, formulate testable hypotheses, write critical literature summaries, and design experiments and analyses. The course will meet once a week, with faculty members from different tracks within the Pathway present at each meeting. This will allow students to receive feedback from several perspectives. Prerequisite: Member of CCSN Pathway, permission of instructor.
Credit 3 units.
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