Julie Kauer

Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Academic Appointments

Professor (Research), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Honors & Awards

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Reviewing Editor, eLife (2017 - Present)
Councilor, Society for Neuroscien (2018 - Present)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Julieta Gomez-Frittelli, Gabriella Muwanga, Janelle Siliezar-Doyle
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Chelsie Brewer
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Yihe Ma

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Neurosciences (Phd Program)

All Publications

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Timothy Angelotti MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Focus
Critical Care, Anesthesia
Research Interests
My research efforts are focused on investigating the pharmacological and physiological interface of the autonomic nervous system with effector organs. Utilizing molecular, cellular, and electrophysiological techniques, we are examining alpha2 adrenergic receptor function in cultured sympathetic neurons. Future research aims will be directed toward understanding neurotransmitter release in general.

58 Total Publications
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JoAnn Buchanan

Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurology and Neurological Sciences

18 Total Publications
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Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD

Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurology
Research Interests
Mechanisms of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy.

85 Total Publications
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Lu Chen

Professor of Neurosurgery and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
What distinguishes us humans from other animals is our ability to undergo complex behavior. The synapses are the structural connection between neurons that mediates the communication between neurons, which underlies our various cognitive function. My research program aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation.

62 Total Publications
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Karl Deisseroth

D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Psychiatry
Research Interests
Karl Deisseroth's laboratory created and developed optogenetics, hydrogel-tissue chemistry (beginning with CLARITY), and a broad range of enabling methods. He also has employed his technologies to discover the neural cell types and connections that cause adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.

526 Total Publications
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Jun Ding

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
Research Interests
Neural circuits of movement control in health and movement disorders

50 Total Publications
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Lisa Giocomo

Professor of Neurobiology

62 Total Publications
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Boris Heifets

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult MSD)
Clinical Focus
Neuroanesthesia, Anesthesia

78 Total Publications
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Shaul Hestrin, PhD

Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests
The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons, the circuits they form and the inputs they receive give rise to neuronal activity and behavior. Our approach includes behavioral studies, two-photon calcium imaging, in vivo whole cell recording in behaving animals and optogenetic methods to activate or to silence the activity of cortical neurons.

56 Total Publications
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John Huguenard

Professor of Neurology (Neurology Research Faculty), of Neurosurgery (Adult Neurosurgery) and, by courtesy, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Research Interests
We are interested in the neuronal mechanisms that underlie synchronous oscillatory activity in the thalamus, cortex and the massively interconnected thalamocortical system. Such oscillations are related to cognitive processes, normal sleep activities and certain forms of epilepsy. Our approach is an analysis of the discrete components (cells, synapses, microcircuits) that make up thalamic and cortical circuits, and reconstitution of components into in silico computational networks.

212 Total Publications
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Sung Soo Jang

Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurology and Neurological Sciences

13 Total Publications
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Dongyun Jiang

Basic Life Research Scientist, Neurobiology

7 Total Publications