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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
Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction
UCSF School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Department of Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurology
Department of Psychiatry
UCSF School of Pharmacy
Seminar Support:
Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Department of Ophthalmology
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
The UCSF Neuroscience Program wishes to honor Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, shown here with her co-Nobelist Dr. Stanley Cohen, at the celebration of her 100th birthday which took place on April 22, 2009, in Rome. (photo kindly provided by Moses Chao)
Seminar and Journal Club Schedules:
Neuroscience Formal Seminars
2009-2010
Neuroscience Journal Club
2009-2010
Neuroscience Admissions
Neuroscience Courses
Upcoming Events:
Neuroscience Formal Seminar
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4pm
N-225, Parnassus
Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Stanford University
Early Career Scientist, HHMI
Neural Mechanisms and Control of Visual Attention
Host: Michael Stryker, 476-5443
Sponsored by: Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology
Seminar will be broadcast to Rock Hall Auditorium, Mission BayTo view the live Web Cast, you must have the Envivo plug in. Click here if you are having problems viewing the live stream.
Neuroscience Journal Club
Friday, November 20, 2009
4:00pm - Beer half hour!
4:30pm - Talk starts
Parnassus - N225
Paul Larkin
Muchowski Lab
What's Your Net Worth?
Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure
Science. 2009. 325:1258-1261
Faculty Coaches: Louis Reichardt and Linda Wilbrecht
Neuroscience Thesis Seminars
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
2:00pm
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium
Catherine Massaro
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Fos Will Keep Us Together: Genetic Analysis of Neuroprotective Signaling at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction
Host: Grae Davis, 502-0529
Herbert W. Boyer Program in Biological Sciences
Neuroscience Informal Seminar
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
11:00am
Mission Bay, RH302
Dr. Frank Bradke
Group Leader
MPI of Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
Intracellular Mechanisms of Axonal Growth and Regeneration
Host: Herwig Baier, 502-4301
The Neuroscience Graduate Program administrative offices are located at
Mission Bay
Rock Hall
1550 4th Street
Room 484C