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Harvard University Program in Neuroscience Harvard University Program in Neuroscience History of Enrollment in The Program in Neuroscience July 2016 Updated each July Nicholas Spitzer, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College Entered 1966 * Defended May 14, 1969 Advisor: David Poer A Physiological and Histological Invesgaon of the Intercellular Transfer of Small Molecules _____________ Professor of Neurobiology University of California at San Diego Eric Frank, Ph.D. B.A., Reed College Entered 1967 * Defended January 17, 1972 Advisor: Edwin J. Furshpan The Control of Facilitaon at the Neuromuscular Juncon of the Lobster _______________ Professor Emeritus of Physiology Tus University School of Medicine Albert Hudspeth, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College Entered 1967 * Defended April 30, 1973 Advisor: David Poer Intercellular Juncons in Epithelia _______________ Professor of Neuroscience The Rockefeller University David Van Essen, Ph.D. B.S., California Instute of Technology Entered 1967 * Defended October 22, 1971 Advisor: John Nicholls Effects of an Electronic Pump on Signaling by Leech Sensory Neurons ______________ Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology Washington University Richard Mains, Ph.D. Sc.B., M.S., Brown University Entered 1968 * Defended April 24, 1973 Advisor: David Poer Tissue Culture of Dissociated Primary Rat Sympathec Neurons: Studies of Growth, Neurotransmier Metabolism, and Maturaon _______________ Professor of Neuroscience University of Conneccut Health Center Peter MacLeish, Ph.D. B.E.Sc., University of Western Ontario Entered 1969 * Defended December 29, 1976 Advisor: David Poer Synapse Formaon in Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathec Neurons Grown on Dissociated Rat Heart Cells _______________ Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Instute Morehouse School of Medicine Peter Sargent, Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College Entered 1969* Defended March 21, 1975 Advisor: Zachary Hall Transmiers in the Leech Central Nervous System: Analysis of Sensory and Motor Cells _______________ Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology University of California at San Francisco School of Denstry Bruce Wallace, Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College Entered 1969 * Defended September 27, 1974 Advisor: Edward Kravitz The Biosynthesis of Octopamine in the Nervous System of the Lobster, Homarus americanus _______________ Professor Emeritus University of Colorado School of Medicine Joshua Sanes, Ph.D. B.A., Yale University Entered 1970 * Defended January 15, 1976 Advisor: John Hildebrand Origin and Differenaon of Sensory Neurons in an Insect Antenna _______________ Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University Colin Nurse, Ph.D. B.Sc., University of Western Ontario Entered 1971 * Defended May 11, 1977 Advisor: David Poer The formaon of cholinergic synapses between dissociated rat sympathec neurons and skeletal myotubes in cell culture _______________ Professor of Biology McMaster University Carla Shatz, Ph.D. B.A., Radcliffe College M.Phil., University College, London Entered 1971 * Defended March 25, 1976 Advisor: David Hubel A Study of Abnormal Connecons in the Visual System of the Siamese Cat, a Genec Mutant _______________ Professor of Neurobiology Stanford University King‐Wai Yau, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University Entered 1971 * Defended October 31, 1975 Advisor: John Nicholls Recepve Fields, Geometry and Conducon Block of Sensory Cells in the Leech Central Nervous System _______________ Professor of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Linda Lai Yue Chun, Ph.D. B.S., Illinois Instute of Technology Entered 1972 * Defended May 9, 1977 Advisor: Paul Paerson The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in the Development of Rat Sympathec Neurons in vitro _______________ Assistant in Molecular Biology Seed Lab, Massachuses General Hospital Charles Gilbert, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College Entered 1971 * Defended July 22, 1976 Advisor: David Hubel Laminar Organizaon of Cat Visual Cortex _______________ Professor of Neurobiology Rockefeller University Duane Edgington, Ph.D. B.S., California Instute of Technology Entered 1973 * Defended July 28, 1978 Advisor: Anne Stuart Properes and Distribuon of Ionic Channels in a Photoreceptor Neuron _______________ Soware Engineering Group Leader Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Instute Patrick Hogan, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College Entered 1973 * Defended September 29, 1983 Advisor: David Poer Expression of Markers for Pain Sensory Neurons in Cell Culture _______________ Professor, Division of Signaling and Gene Expression La Jolla Instute for Allergy and Immunology Crispin Weinberg, Ph.D. S.B., S.M., University of Chicago Entered 1973 * Defended August 21, 1980 Advisor: Zachary Hall Molecular Specializaons at Mature and Developing Neuromuscular Juncons in Adult Rats _______________ President and Founder Biomedical Modeling, Inc. Kathleen Buckley, Ph.D. A.B., Radcliffe College Entered 1974 * Defended October 30, 1980 Advisor: Story Landis Morphological and Funconal Studies of Synapses and Varicosies in Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathec Neurons _______________ Associate Provost for Science Harvard University David Ferster, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University Entered 1973 * Defended October 23, 1979 Advisor: David Hubel Corcal Mechanisms of Depth Vision in the Cat _______________ Professor Emeritus Northwestern University Steve Hauger, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University Entered 1974 * Defended January 14, 1981 Advisor: Edward Furshpan The Spaal Distribuon of Sensivity to Acetylcholine of Rat Sympathec Neurons in Cell Culture _______________ Stained Glass Arsan Margaret Livingstone, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuses Instute of Technology Entered 1974 * Defended February 20, 1980 Advisor: Edward Kravitz Monoamines in the Lobster: Biochemistry, Anatomy, and Possible Funconal Role _______________ Professor of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Patricia Walicke, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuses Instute of Technology Entered 1975 * Defended October 11, 1979 Advisor: Paul Paerson Role of Calcium and Cyclic AMP in the Mechanism of the Development Effects of Neuronal Acvity _______________ Medical Officer Naonal Instute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Sue Schneps, A.M. B.S., Massachuses Instute of Technology Entered 1976 * Le June 1, 1980 _______________ Withdrew with Master’s degree Jewelry Designer and Owner, Sea and Star Designs Leslie Timpe, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University Entered 1976 * Defended September 8, 1982 Advisor: Ann Stuart The Roles of Acetylcholine and Gamma‐aminobutyrin Acid in the Visual System of the Barnacle _______________ Adjunct Faculty San Mateo Community College District Paul Desan, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University Entered 1977 * Defended June 27, 1984 Advisor: Simon LeVay The Organizaon of the Cerebral Cortex of the Pond Turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans _______________ Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College Entered 1977 * Defended June 27, 1983 Advisor: Edward Kravitz Proctolin in the Lobster and Protein Phosphorylaon in a Lobster Muscle _______________ Professor of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Allison Doupe, M.D./Ph.D. DCS, B.Sc., McGill University Entered 1978 * Defended April 26, 1984 Advisor: Paul Paerson Role of Glucocorcoids and Growth Factors in the Development of Neural Crest Derivaves _______________ Deceased October 24, 2014 (Formerly Professor at University of California, San Francisco) Jonathan Horton, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Stanford University Entered 1978 * Defended February 16, 1983 Advisor: Simon LeVay Cytochrome Oxidase Patches: A New Cytoarchitectonic Feature _______________ Professor of Ophthalmology University of California at San Francisco Kathleen King Siwicki, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University M.Phil., Cambridge University Entered 1782 * Defended May 7, 1985 Advisor: Edward Kravitz The Neuropepde, Proctolin, in the Lobster Nervous System: Cellular Distribuon of Proctolin‐Like Angens and Biochemical Studies of Idenfied Neurons _______________ Professor of Neurobiology Swarthmore College Karla Kent, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara M.A., Boston University Entered 1979 * Defended October 11, 1985 Advisor: John Hildebrand Metamorphosis of the antennal center and the influence of sensory innervaon on the formaon of glomeruli in the hawk moth Manduca sexta _______________ Professor Oregon Health Sciences University Anne Schneiderman, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University Entered 1979 * Defended July 16, 1984 Advisor: John Hildebrand Postembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathway in the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta _______________ Patent Aorney Harris Beach LLC Leslie Stevens, Ph.D. A.B., University of California at Berkeley Entered 1979 * Defended March 27, 1987 Advisor: Story Landis Postembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathway in the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta _______________ Research Assistant Professor University of Texas at Ausn Daniel Tso, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College Entered 1980 * Defended May 7, 1987 Advisor: Torsten Wiesel Connecvity and Funconal Organizaon in the Mammalian Visual Cortex _______________ Associate Professor Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York James Huener, Ph.D. B.S., B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania Entered 1981 * Defended January 15, 1987 Advisor: Robert Baughman Properes of Idenfied Corcocollicular Neurons in Primary Cultures of Rat Visual Cortex _______________ Professor of Cell Biology Washington University School of Medicine Susan McConnell, Ph.D. B.A., Radcliffe College Entered 1981
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