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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Welcome to the Neuroscience Graduate Program Website
Program Introduction
The University of California, San Francisco offers an interdisciplinary program for graduate training in neuroscience. The purpose of this program is to train doctoral students for independent research and teaching in neuroscience.
Our program seeks to train students who will be expert in one particular approach to neuroscientific research, but will also have a strong general background in other areas of neuroscience and related disciplines. To achieve this objective, our students take interdisciplinary core and advanced courses in neuroscience, as well as related courses sponsored by other graduate programs. In addition, they carry out research under the supervision of faculty members in the program.
The faculty of the Neuroscience program are drawn from 15 basic science and clinical departments and three affiliated organized research institutes. At present the program includes 70 faculty members and 98 students. Research interests encompass diverse areas ranging from molecules and cells to systems, cognition, and behavior. Many of our faculty conduct basic research in areas important for understanding neurological disorders, including pain, addiction, degenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. Laboratories use a variety of different organisms for these studies, ranging from invertebrate genetic models to fish, birds, mice and other species of vertebrates.
The program tries to promote multi-disciplinary interactions in both research and teaching. To enhance interactions and knowledge, the program sponsors several activities open to all UCSF scientists, including an annual retreat, a weekly formal seminar series, a weekly journal club, and periodic symposia. The program also collaborates with other programs to sponsor activities of general interest that help advance the careers of our students and other trainees.
The Neuroscience Graduate Program is a member of a consortium of graduate programs, the Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (P.I.B.S.), providing students with access to exceptional faculty and resources for biological research. In addition to Neuroscience, P.I.B.S. consists of graduate programs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. All activities of P.I.B.S. programs, including seminars, journal clubs and retreats, are open to Neuroscience graduate students. Neuroscience graduate students also have the option of completing rotations and theses in any of the more than 200 P.I.B.S. laboratories. PIBS Program Website
The Neuroscience Program Acknowledges Generous Support From the Following Entities:
Administrative Services:
Department of Physiology
General Financial Support:
Department of Anatomy
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
UCSF School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
UCSF School of Pharmacy
Seminar Support:
Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Department of Ophthalmology
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology
W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience
Student Support:
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
Herbert W. Boyer Educational Endowment
Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS)
Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
UCSF Chancellor’s Discretionary Funds
UCSF Graduate Division
Seminar and Journal Club Schedules:
Neuroscience Formal Seminars
2007-2008
Neuroscience Journal Club
2007-2008
Neuroscience Admissions
Neuroscience Courses
Upcoming Events:
Neuroscience Formal Seminar:
**Thursday, May 15, 2008**
4pm
Rock Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay
Michael E. Greenberg,Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Neurobiology Program
Children's Hospital (Boston, MA)
Signaling Networks that Control Synapse Development and Cognitive Function
Flyer (coming soon)
Abstract
Weblink for Live Broadcast
Talk is also broadcast to N225.
Neuroscience Journal Club:
Friday, May 9, 2008
5th Year Research Talks
4pm
Rock Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay
Melody Wu
Deconstruction Gender in the Mouse
Meredith Judy
Dietary Restriction Response Genes in C. Elegans
Flyer
Neuroscience Thesis Seminar:
Friday, May 9, 2008
2:00pm
Genentech Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay
Guillermo M. Elias
Trafficking of Glutamate Receptors by MAGUK Scaffolding Proteins Underlies Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus
Flyer
Monday, May 12, 2008
3:00pm
N225, Parnassus
Laura Elias
The Role of Gap Junctions in the Development of the Neocortex
Flyer
The Neuroscience Graduate Program administrative offices are located at
Mission Bay
Rock Hall
1550 4th Street
Room 484C