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 Neuroscience Program, Department of Physiology, & Program in Biological Sciences
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Past lab members
postdoctoral fellows | graduate students | special&summer students | sabbatical visitors | technicians | administrative assistants
Postdoctoral Fellows
Name |
Departure Date |
Photo |
Current Position and Contact Information |
| Baris Genc, Ph.D. |
2008 |
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Laboratory Supervisor
Department of Neurology, Box 0803
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0803
Tel: 415-476-9091
bgenc@memory.ucsf.edu |
| Jinseol Rhee, Ph.D. |
2008 |
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Research Professor
Cell Dynamics Research Center, A214
Department of Life Science
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
Oryong-dong, Buk-gu
Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea
Tel: 82-62-970-3301
jsrhee@hotmail.com |
| Ruslan Grishanin, Pd.D |
2007 |
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Senior Scientist
Pfizer Rinat
230 East Grand Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Ruslan.Grishanin@pfizer.com
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| Zhen Huang, Ph.D. |
2007 |
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Assistant Professor
Departments of Neurology
School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
470 North Charter Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-263-2469
z.huang@neurology.wisc.edu |
Lisa P. Elia, Ph.D. |
2006 |
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Song Hu, Ph.D. |
2005 |
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Chief Technology Office,
Roche Diagnostics Corporation,
4300 Hacienda Drive,
Pleasanton, CA 94588
925-730-8538
song.hu@roche.com |
| Shernaz Bamji, Ph.D. |
2005 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6T 1Z3
604-822-4746
fax: 604-822-2316
shernaz.bamji@ubc.ca |
| Dongli Song, M.D., Ph.D. |
2005 |
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Associate Chief
Division of Neonatology
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 687-2146
Dongli.Song@hhs.sccgov.org
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| Hilary Beggs, Ph.D. |
2004 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730
hbeggs@itsa.ucsf.edu
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| Tamira Elul, Ph.D. |
2004 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences
Touro University
Vallejo, CA 94592
telul@touro.edu |
| James Li, Ph.D. |
2004 |
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Scientist
Sangamo Biosciences
501 Canal Blvd., Suite A1000
Richmond, CA 94804
jli@sangamo.com |
| Ursula Funfschilling, Ph.D. |
2003 |
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine
Department of Neurogenetics
Hermann-Rein-Strasse 3
D37075 Gottingen
Germany
fuenfschilling@mail.em.mpg.de |
| Beatriz Rico, Ph.D. |
2003 |
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Assistant Professor
Institute of Neuroscience
University Miguel Hernandez-CSIC
03550 San Juan, Alicante
Spain
brico@umh.es |
| Baoji Xu, Ph.D. |
2001 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
bx3@georgetown.edu |
| Eric Huang, M.D., Ph.D. |
2000 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of California
VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA 94121
ejhuang@itsa.ucsf.edu |
| Jiangwen (Zhu) Majeti, Ph.D. |
2000 |
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jwzhuyah@yahoo.com |
| Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. |
2000 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
ardem@scripps.edu |
| Baerbel Rohrer, Ph.D. |
2000 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Medical University of South Carolina
167 Ashley Avenue, room 707
Charleston, SC 29425
Tel 843-792-5086; Fax 843-792-1723
rohrer@musc.edu |
| Ralph Brandenberger, Ph.D. |
2000 |
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| Robin Kleiman, Ph.D. |
1999 |
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Pfizer, Inc.,
CNS Molecular Science
Central Research Division, MS8118-255
Eastern Point Road
Groton, CT 06340
robin_j_kleiman@groton.pfizer.com |
Maria Li, M.D. |
1999 |
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Department of Surgery
Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
5415 boul de l'Assomption
Montreal Quebec H1T 2M4 Canada
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| Paul Mischel, M.D. |
1998 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Labortory Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
675 Charles Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
PMischel@pathology.med.sch.ucla.edu
http://www.mischellab.org/ |
| Isabel Farinas, Ph.D. |
1998 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Cellular Biology
University of Valencia
46100 Burjasot
Valencia
Spain
isabel.farinas@uv.es |
Da-Yu Wu, Ph.D. |
1998 |
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Program Director
Developmental Neurobiology
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 4249, MSC 9555
Bethesda, MD 20892-9555
Tel: 301-443-1887; Fax: 301-594-6043
wudy@nida.nih.gov |
Robert Kypta, Ph.D. |
1997 |

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Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit
CIC Biogune
Parque Tecnologico de Bizkaia
Edificio 801A,48160 Derio
Bizkaia, Spain
Tel (34) 94 406 1321; Fax (34) 94 406 1301
rkypta@cicbiogune.es |
Ulrich Muller, Ph.D. |
1997 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
umuller@scripps.edu |
Karin Motejlek, Ph.D. |
1997 |
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Group Leader
Clinic of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, RWTH
Aachen, Germany
kmotejlek@ukaachen.de |
Laura Cheever, Ph.D. |
1996 |
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Kevin Jones, Ph.D. |
1995 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0347
krjones@stripe.colorado.edu |
Fernette Eide, M.D. |
1995 |
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Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Washington
6701 139th Place SW
Edmonds, WA 98026
feide@u.washington.edu
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Deborah Finlay, Ph.D. |
1995 |
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Scientist
Proctor & Gamble
Research Biotechnology
11810 East Miami River Rd. Box 251
Cincinnati,Ohio 45252
finlay@depg.com
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Douglas Clary, Ph.D. |
1994 |
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Director of Cellular Pharmacology
Exelixis, Inc.
170 Harbor Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
dclary@exelixis.com |
Barbara-Varnum-Finney, Ph.D. |
1994 |
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Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
1100 Fairview Avenue N., D2-373
PO Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
bvarnumf@fhcrc.org
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Thomas Large, Ph.D. |
1989 |
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Head, Neuroscience Discovery
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianapolis, IN 46285
t.large@lilly.com |
Frances Lefcort, Ph.D. |
1994 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
lefcort@montana.edu |
David Sretavan, M.D., Ph.D. |
1993 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730
dws@itsa.ucsf.edu
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Blaise Bossy, Ph.D. |
1993 |
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Burnham Institute
8069 Paseo Arrayan
Carlsbad, CA 92009-6963
ebossy@cts.com |
Gene Napolitano, Ph.D. |
1992 |
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Terrapin Technologies Inc.
750-H Gateway Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080 |
Ivanmatteo de Curtis, Ph.D.
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1992 |
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Group Leader
Department of Molecular Biology & Functional Genomics
DIBIT-San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Via Olgettina 58
20132 Milano
Italy
decurtis.ivan@hsr.it |
Gisela Weskamp, Ph.D. |
1992 |
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Gisela Weskamp, PhD
Associate Scientist on the Research Track
Cell Biology Program
Hospital for Special Surgery and
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-774-7025
weskampg@hss.edu |
Michael Ignatius, Ph.D. |
1991 |
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Director of Cell Biology
Molecular Probes, Inc.
29891 Willow Creek Road
Eugene, OR 97402
(541)335-0414
mike.ignatius@probes.com
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Caroline Emmett, Ph.D. |
1990 |
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Deborah Hall, Ph.D. |
1989 |
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John Bixby, Ph.D. |
1988 |
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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Chairman, UM Neuroscience Center
University of Miami School of Medicine
1600 N.W. 10th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
jbixby@miami.edu |
Sarah Bodary, Ph.D. |
1988 |
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Dennis Clegg, Ph.D. |
1987 |
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Professor and Chair
Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
clegg@lifesci.ucsb.edu |
Karen Valentino, Ph.D. |
1985 |
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Director of Clinical Development IDUNPharmaceuticals, Inc.
9380 Judicial Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
kvalenti@idun.com |
Gary Waddington, Ph.D. |
1984 |
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Pamela Dolkart Gorin, Ph.D., L.L.B. |
1984 |
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Janet Winter, Ph.D. |
1984 |
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Philip Early, M.D., Ph.D. |
1983 |
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Pinky Kushner, Ph.D. |
1982 |
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Karen Greif, Ph.D. |
1982
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Jeffrey Browning, Ph.D. |
1982 |
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Senior Scientist
Biogen-IDEC
14 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
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Ralph Greenspan, Ph.D. |
1982 |
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Senior Fellow
The Neurosciences Institute
10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive
San Diego, California 92121
greenspan@nsi.edu |
Gary Reiness, Ph.D. |
1981
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Professor
Department of Biology
Dean of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Lewis and Clark University
615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97219
reiness@lclark.edu
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Sabbatical Visitors
Henry Yip, Ph.D. |
1993 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy
The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine
21 Sassoon Road
Pokfulam
Hong Kong SAR
China
hkfyip@hku.hk |
Yoshihiko Kaisho, Ph.D. |
1995 |
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Pharmacology Research Laboratories I, Pharmaceutical Research Division,
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 2-17-85, Jusohonmachi,
Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8686,
Japan
Kaisho_Yoshihiko@takeda.co.jp
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Graduate Students
Name |
Departure Date |
Photo |
Current Position and Contact Information |
| James M. Linton, Ph.D. |
2007 |
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Buck Laboratory
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N.
Seattle WA 98109
jlinton@fhcrc.org
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| John Proctor, Ph.D. |
2006 |
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Product Manager
FortéBio, Inc.
1360 Willow Road, Suite 201
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516
Tel: (650) 289-6822
Fax: (650) 322-1370
jproctor@fortebio.com |
| Sumiko Denda, Ph.D. |
1998 |
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Scientist, Shiseido Research Center 2
2-12-1 Fukuura,
Kanazawa-ku, Yokahama,
Japan
sumiko.denda@to.shiseido.co.jp
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| Ravinder Sehgal, Ph.D. |
1997 |
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Assistant Professor
Center for Tropical Research
Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
sehgal@sfsu.edu
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sehgal |
| Cristina Weaver, Ph.D. |
1997 |
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High School Biology and Chemistry Teacher
Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave.
Atherton CA 94027
cweaver@menloschool.org
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| George Wilkinson, Ph.D. |
1997 |
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Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Department of Molecular Neurobiology
Am Klopferspitz 18
D-82152 Martinsried
Germany
wilkinso@neuro.mpg.de
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| Michael DeFreitas, Ph.D. |
1995 |
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Manager, Technical Support,
Molecular Devices Corporation
1311 Orleans Drive,
Sunnyvale CA 94089-1136
miked@axon.com
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| Cynthia (Murphy-Erdosh) Scholes, Ph.D. |
1995 |
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Teacher
Urban School
1563 Page Street
San Francisco,CA 94117
cmeclimbin@aol.com |
| Sonya Gettner, Ph.D. |
1994 |
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Mellon Institute
CNBC, Room 115
4400 5th Ave.
Pittsburg, PA 15213-2683
sgettner@crab.psy.cmu.edu
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| Karla Neugebauer, Ph.D. |
1990 |
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Group Leader
Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Pfotenhauerstrasse 108
01307 Dresden
Germany
neugebauer@mpi-cbg.de
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| Kevin Tomaselli, Ph.D. |
1987 |

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Ikavia, Inc
3665 Jackson Street
San Diego, CA 92103
kevintomaselli@cox.net |
| David Shelton, Ph.D. |
1985 |
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Senior Director of Biology
Rinat Neuroscience Corporation
3155 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304
JSDLS@pacbell.net |
| Arthur Lander, M.D., Ph.D. |
1985 |
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Professor and Chair
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717-2300
adlander@uci.edu |
| Anne L. Calof, Ph.D. |
1985 |
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Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717-1275
alcalof@uci.edu |
| William Matthew, Ph.D. |
1981 |
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Vice President, Corporate Development
SCHWARZ BIOSCIENCES, Inc.
8010 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27617
Tel 919-767-2542; Fax 919-767-3139
bill.matthew@schwarzbiosciences.com |
Special and Summer Students
Name |
Departure Date |
Photo |
Current Position and Contact Information |
Jessica Carter |
2006 |
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Technicians
| Name |
Departure Date |
Photo |
Current Position and Contact Information |
Natasha-Shinsky-Bjorde |
2007 |
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Scientist I
Experimental Pathology and Pharmacology
Schering-Plough Biopharma.
901 California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1104
Phone: (650) 496-1178
Fax: (650) 496-1200
natalie.shinsky-bjorde@spcorp.com
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| William Walentus |
2005 |
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Kriegstein Laboratory
Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
University of California, San Francisco 94143-0528
walantusw@stemcell.ucsf.edu |
| Nikole Kimes |
2004 |
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Medical University of South Carolina
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425
843-792-2026 Phone
kimes@musc.edu |
| Dorreyah Schahin-Reed |
2003 |
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QC BT Group
Genentech, Inc.
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990
schahin-reed.dorreyah@gene.com |
| Andrea Schmidt |
2003 |
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ISREC
Ch.des Ormeaux 38
Ch-1066 Epalinges
Switzerland
schmidtandrea1010@yahoo.com
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| Carey Backus |
2001 |
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1468 Greenview Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
cbackus@med.umich.edu |
| Asta Saulys |
2000 |
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122 Skylonda Drive
Woodside, CA 94062
asta@worldnet.att.net |
| Jason McKean, M.D. |
2000 |
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Jason M. McKean, M.D.
Trauma Research Fellow
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
Phone: (212) 305-3912
Fax: (212) 342-1749
jasonmckean@gmail.com |
Miya Yamamoto
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2000 |
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Pennsylvania State Medical School
Hershey, PA
miyayamamoto@hotmail.com
miyay@psu.edu |
| Kathleen Yoshida |
1997 |
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| Kristine Venstrom |
1997 |
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Associate Scientist
Berlex Biosciences
2600 Hilltop Drive, P.O.B. 4099
Richmond, CA 94804-00099
kristine_venstrom@berlex.com |
Ella Vining, M.D. |
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8426 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
vininge@ohsu.edu |
| Denan Wang, Ph.D. |
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UCSF Mission Bay
Rock Hall, Room 484A
1550 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
dwang@cgl.ucsf.edu |
| Helen Su |
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Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Herrin Lab Rm 150
Stanford, California, 94305-5020 |
| Sharyl Wong |
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| LeeAnne (Austin) Rooney |
1993 |

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LeeAnn Austin Rooney
17846 Hillside Drive
Lak Oswego, OR 97034
larooney@optonline.net |
| Anne (Barton) Sondheim |
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212 Villa Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901 |
| Judy Helder, Ph.D. |
1989 |

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Genentech, Inc.
460 Point San Bruno Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
jch@gene.com |
| Kelly A. Frazer Morita, Ph.D. |
1988 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
kfrazer@scripps.edu
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| Marcia Stubblebine |
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CRA/CRC SFSU
6001 Shelter Bay Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
m_stubbl@yahoo.com |
| Xiao-Yun Wang |
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| Susan Harding, M.D. |
1985 |
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Susan Harding, MD
OB/GYN
Lingle, Gore, Harding & Bell
601 E. Hampden, Suite 370
Englewood, CO
Tel 303-788-7888
http://www.southmetroobgyn.com/ |
| Byron C. Hann, MD, PhD |
1985 |
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Specialist, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Centermail: Box 0128, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0128
Tel 415-476-0419; fax 415-502-6779
bhann@cc.ucsf.edu |
| Nusi Dekker |
1983 |
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UCSF
513 Parnassus Ave. MS513
San Francisco, CA 94143-0424
nush@itsa.ucsf.edu |
| Eric Outwater, M.D. |
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Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology, Rm. 1361
Univ. of Arizona Health Sciences Ctr.
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724-5067
Phone #: 520-626-7369
Fax #: 520-626-9981
outwater@radiology.arizona.edu |
| Carole Lopez |
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| Barry Bredt |
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| Larisa Tsavaler |
1981 |
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Department of Genetics, Mail Stop-5120
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-5120 |
| Kay Simon, Ph.D. |
1978 |
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60 Cuesta Way
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
kaysimon@attbi.com |
Administrative Assistants
Name |
Departure Date |
Photo |
Current Position and Contact Information |
| Mary Guerrero |
2005 |
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HSW-901B
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
513 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0793
415-476-5841
tamago6@itsa.ucsf.edu
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| Sonia Brown |
2002 |
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13 Tasso road
London W68LY
United Kingdom
sonibee@hotmail.com |
| Elizabeth Copp |
2000 |
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1624 Richmold Street
El Cerrito, CA 94720
elizc43@yahoo.com
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| Marion Meyerson, Ph.D. |
1996 |
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225 Bay Street, Apt 203
San Francisco, CA 94133
meyerson@email.sjsu.edu |
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