Neurobiology

Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Research Summary: 
Mitochondrial Pathobiology in Neurodegenerative Disease
Mentorship Development: 

9/11/20    Mentoring Across Differences

Kayarat Nair, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Research Summary: 
Genetics and biology of ocular diseases

Lennart Mucke, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Research Summary: 
Neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders
Mentorship Development: 

9/11/20    Mentoring Across Differences

Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Research Summary: 
Brain-immune interactions throughout the lifespan
Mentorship Development: 

9/2020  Mentoring Across Differences
5/2021  Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) 

Dengke Ma, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Research Summary: 
Genetic analysis of extreme physiology and stem cell biology

Jialing Liu, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Research Summary: 
Neuroprotection and functional recovery after brain injury
Mentorship Development: 

2/2021 - Three Truths & Three Tries: Facing & Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo & Macro Levels

Noelle L'etoile, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
Mechanisms of Cellular and Behavioral Plasticity
Mentorship Development: 

4/2020 - Mental Health in a Pandemic: Q&A for Faculty    
10/2020 - Gathering in Community: a Training for Faculty and Staff    
9/2020 - Mentoring Across Differences
9/2021 - Neuroscience Graduate Program - Disabilities Awareness Training

Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Research Summary: 
Neural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Mentorship Development: 

4/29/19    Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) with Sharon Milgram (Parnassus)    
9/11/20    Mentoring Across Differences
2/16/21    Three Truths and Three Tries: Facing and Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels    

Anatol Kreitzer, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
None
Research Summary: 
Synaptic plasticity and circuit function in the basal ganglia
Mentorship Development: 

9/11/20    Mentoring Across Differences

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Pathophysiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Aging, Stress, Lysosomes and Protein Homeostasis.
Mentorship Development: 

4/2019 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) with Sharon Milgram (Mission Bay)    
11/2020 - Building Community in the UCSF MSTP 
9/2020 - Mentoring Across Differences
2/2021 - Three Truths and Three Tries: Facing and Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels    
9/2021 - Neuroscience Graduate Program - Disabilities Awareness Training
4/2022 - Setting Expectations with a "Welcome to the Lab" Letter
1/2023 - Faculty Development Training: Supervising People Who Aren't You: Mentoring/Managing Different Work Styles
4/2023 - Supporting Learners in Distress

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