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Postdoctoral Fellows

Name
Departure Date
Photo
Current Position and Contact Information
Baris Genc, Ph.D. 2008 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

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 Senior Scientist
Pfizer Rinat
230 East Grand Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Ruslan.Grishanin@pfizer.com

Zhen Huang, Ph.D. 2007
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

Scientist
Department of Biology
Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
800 Gateway Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Tel: 650-616-2646
lisa.elia@elan.com
elia_le@yahoo.com

Song Hu, Ph.D.
2005
Chief Technology Office,
Roche Diagnostics Corporation,
4300 Hacienda Drive,
Pleasanton, CA 94588
925-730-8538
song.hu@roche.com
Shernaz Bamji, Ph.D. 2005 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 Associate Chief
Division of Neonatology
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 687-2146
Dongli.Song@hhs.sccgov.org

Hilary Beggs, Ph.D. 2004

Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730
hbeggs@itsa.ucsf.edu

Tamira Elul, Ph.D. 2004

Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences
Touro University
Vallejo, CA 94592
telul@touro.edu

James Li, Ph.D. 2004 Scientist
Sangamo Biosciences
501 Canal Blvd., Suite A1000
Richmond, CA 94804
jli@sangamo.com
Ursula Funfschilling, Ph.D. 2003 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 Assistant Professor
Institute of Neuroscience
University Miguel Hernandez-CSIC
03550 San Juan, Alicante
Spain
brico@umh.es
Baoji Xu, Ph.D. 2001 Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
bx3@georgetown.edu
Eric Huang, M.D., Ph.D. 2000

 

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 jwzhuyah@yahoo.com
Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. 2000 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 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

 

 

Group Leader, Bioinformatics
Geron Corporation
230 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
RBrandenberger@geron.com
Robin Kleiman, Ph.D. 1999  

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

 

 

Department of Surgery
Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
5415 boul de l'Assomption
Montreal Quebec
H1T 2M4 Canada

Paul Mischel, M.D.

1998

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 Associate Professor
Department of Cellular Biology
University of Valencia
46100 Burjasot
Valencia
Spain
isabel.farinas@uv.es
Da-Yu Wu, Ph.D.
1998
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

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
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

 
Group Leader
Clinic of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, RWTH
Aachen, Germany
kmotejlek@ukaachen.de
Laura Cheever, Ph.D.


1996

 


Kevin Jones, Ph.D.
1995
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

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Washington
6701 139th Place SW
Edmonds, WA 98026
feide@u.washington.edu

Deborah Finlay, Ph.D.
1995

 

 

Scientist
Proctor & Gamble
Research Biotechnology
11810 East Miami River Rd. Box 251
Cincinnati,Ohio 45252
finlay@depg.com

Douglas Clary, Ph.D.
1994
Director of Cellular Pharmacology
Exelixis, Inc.
170 Harbor Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
dclary@exelixis.com
Barbara-Varnum-Finney, Ph.D.
1994


Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
1100 Fairview Avenue N., D2-373
PO Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024

bvarnumf@fhcrc.org

Thomas Large, Ph.D.
1989
Head, Neuroscience Discovery
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianapolis, IN 46285
t.large@lilly.com
Frances Lefcort, Ph.D.
1994
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
lefcort@montana.edu
David Sretavan, M.D., Ph.D.
1993
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730
dws@itsa.ucsf.edu
Blaise Bossy, Ph.D.
1993

Burnham Institute
8069 Paseo Arrayan
Carlsbad, CA 92009-6963
ebossy@cts.com

Gene Napolitano, Ph.D.
1992

Terrapin Technologies Inc.
750-H Gateway Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Ivanmatteo de Curtis, Ph.D.
1992
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

 

 

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

Director of Cell Biology
Molecular Probes, Inc.
29891 Willow Creek Road
Eugene, OR 97402
(541)335-0414
mike.ignatius@probes.com

Caroline Emmett, Ph.D.
1990
Associate Director of Project Management
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Caroline.Emmett@gilead.com
Deborah Hall, Ph.D.
1989
Agilent Technologies
3500 Deer Creek Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
deborah_hall@agilent.com
John Bixby, Ph.D.
1988
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

Venture Partner
SV Life Sciences
950 Tower Lane, Suite 1535
Foster City, CA 94404

sarah.bodary@svlsa.com

Dennis Clegg, Ph.D.
1987
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
 
Director of Clinical Development IDUNPharmaceuticals, Inc.
9380 Judicial Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
kvalenti@idun.com
Gary Waddington, Ph.D.
1984
 
Pamela Dolkart Gorin, Ph.D., L.L.B.

1984

 
220 Inca Place
Davis, CA 95616-0226
Tel. (530) 756-9361
pdolkart@sbcglobal.net
Janet Winter, Ph.D.
1984
 
Senior Scientist
Sandoz Institute for Medical Research
5 GowerPlace
London, WC1 E6BN
United Kingdom
janet.winter@pharma.novartis.com
Philip Early, M.D., Ph.D.
1983
   
Pinky Kushner, Ph.D.
1982
 
Assoc. Prof., Dept. Anatomy, Univ. of the Pacific
San Francisco, CA
pinkykushner@netscape.net
Karen Greif, Ph.D.

 

1982

 

Professor
Department of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
kgreif@brynmawr.edu

Jeffrey Browning, Ph.D.
1982
 
Senior Scientist
Biogen-IDEC
14 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142

Ralph Greenspan, Ph.D.
1982
Senior Fellow
The Neurosciences Institute
10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive
San Diego, California 92121
greenspan@nsi.edu
Gary Reiness, Ph.D.

1981

 

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

 

Sabbatical Visitors

Henry Yip, Ph.D.
1993
 
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

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

 

Graduate Students

Name
Departure Date
Photo
Current Position and Contact Information
James M. Linton, Ph.D. 2007

Postdoctoral Fellow
Buck Laboratory
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N.
Seattle WA 98109
jlinton@fhcrc.org

John Proctor, Ph.D. 2006 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  

Scientist, Shiseido Research Center 2
2-12-1 Fukuura,
Kanazawa-ku, Yokahama
,
Japan

sumiko.denda@to.shiseido.co.jp

Ravinder Sehgal, Ph.D. 1997 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

 

 

High School Biology and Chemistry Teacher
Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave.
Atherton CA 94027
cweaver@menloschool.org

George Wilkinson, Ph.D. 1997

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Department of Molecular Neurobiology
Am Klopferspitz 18
D-82152 Martinsried
Germany
wilkinso@neuro.mpg.de

Michael DeFreitas, Ph.D. 1995

Manager, Technical Support,
Molecular Devices Corporation
1311 Orleans Drive,
Sunnyvale CA 94089-1136
miked@axon.com

Cynthia (Murphy-Erdosh) Scholes, Ph.D. 1995 Teacher
Urban School
1563 Page Street
San Francisco,CA 94117
cmeclimbin@aol.com
Sonya Gettner, Ph.D. 1994

 

 

Mellon Institute
CNBC, Room 115
4400 5th Ave.
Pittsburg, PA 15213-2683
sgettner@crab.psy.cmu.edu
Karla Neugebauer, Ph.D. 1990

Group Leader
Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Pfotenhauerstrasse 108
01307 Dresden
Germany
neugebauer@mpi-cbg.de

Kevin Tomaselli, Ph.D. 1987

Ikavia, Inc
3665 Jackson Street
San Diego, CA 92103
kevintomaselli@cox.net
David Shelton, Ph.D. 1985 Senior Director of Biology
Rinat Neuroscience Corporation
3155 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304
JSDLS@pacbell.net
Arthur Lander, M.D., Ph.D. 1985 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 Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717-1275
alcalof@uci.edu
William Matthew, Ph.D. 1981 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
       
       
       

 

Technicians

Name Departure Date Photo Current Position and Contact Information
Natasha-Shinsky-Bjorde
2007
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
William Walentus 2005 Kriegstein Laboratory
Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
University of California, San Francisco 94143-0528

walantusw@stemcell.ucsf.edu
Nikole Kimes 2004

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 QC BT Group
Genentech, Inc.
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990
schahin-reed.dorreyah@gene.com
Andrea Schmidt 2003 ISREC
Ch.des Ormeaux 38
Ch-1066 Epalinges
Switzerland
schmidtandrea1010@yahoo.com

Carey Backus 2001 1468 Greenview Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
cbackus@med.umich.edu
Asta Saulys 2000 122 Skylonda Drive
Woodside, CA 94062
asta@worldnet.att.net
Jason McKean, M.D. 2000 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

 

2000 Pennsylvania State Medical School
Hershey, PA
miyayamamoto@hotmail.com
miyay@psu.edu
Kathleen Yoshida 1997

 

 

Kristine Venstrom 1997 Associate Scientist
Berlex Biosciences
2600 Hilltop Drive, P.O.B. 4099
Richmond, CA 94804-00099
kristine_venstrom@berlex.com

Ella Vining, M.D.

    8426 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
vininge@ohsu.edu
Denan Wang, Ph.D.  

UCSF Mission Bay
Rock Hall, Room 484A
1550 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
dwang@cgl.ucsf.edu
Helen Su  

 

 

Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Herrin Lab Rm 150
Stanford, California, 94305-5020
Sharyl Wong  

 

 

 
LeeAnne (Austin) Rooney 1993

LeeAnn Austin Rooney
17846 Hillside Drive
Lak Oswego, OR 97034
larooney@optonline.net
Anne (Barton) Sondheim  

212 Villa Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901

Judy Helder, Ph.D. 1989

Genentech, Inc.
460 Point San Bruno Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
jch@gene.com
Kelly A. Frazer Morita, Ph.D. 1988

Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
kfrazer@scripps.edu

Marcia Stubblebine CRA/CRC SFSU
6001 Shelter Bay Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941

m_stubbl@yahoo.com
Xiao-Yun Wang

 

 

Susan Harding, M.D. 1985 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 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

 

 

UCSF
513 Parnassus Ave. MS513
San Francisco, CA 94143-0424

nush@itsa.ucsf.edu
Eric Outwater, M.D.  


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  

 

 

 
Barry Bredt  

 

 

 
Larisa Tsavaler 1981

 

 

Department of Genetics, Mail Stop-5120
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-5120
Kay Simon, Ph.D. 1978  


60 Cuesta Way
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
kaysimon@attbi.com

Administrative Assistants

Name
Departure Date
Photo
Current Position and Contact Information
Mary Guerrero 2005

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

Sonia Brown 2002 13 Tasso road
London W68LY
United Kingdom
sonibee@hotmail.com
Elizabeth Copp 2000

1624 Richmold Street
El Cerrito, CA 94720
elizc43@yahoo.com

Marion Meyerson, Ph.D. 1996 225 Bay Street, Apt 203
San Francisco, CA 94133
meyerson@email.sjsu.edu