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Sacha Nelson

Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Brandeis University
United States of America

Academician Genetics
Biography

"Sacha Nelson presently working as Associate Professor of Biology at Brandeis University. He completed his B.A., B.S. at Brown University M.D. at University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. at University of California, San Diego" Expertise electrophysiology and gene expression in the mammalian nervous system. Awards and Honors Senior Fellow, HHMI Janelia Research Campus (2015) GEAR (Grant of Excellence to Accellerate Research) award, Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (2007) Society for Neuroscience Special Lecture (2005) Henry Strage Award for Aspiring Young Science Faculty (1999) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1996) Lange Medical Student Award, Medical Scientist Training Program (1991) National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (1991 - 1994) Independent Concentration Prize (1983)

Research Intrest

Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex

List of Publications
Crittenden JR, Tillberg PW, Riad MH, Shima Y, Gerfen CR, Curry J, Housman DE, Nelson SB, Boyden ES, Graybiel AM. Striosome–dendron bouquets highlight a unique striatonigral circuit targeting dopamine-containing neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016 Oct 4;113(40):11318-23.
Spellberg MJ, Marr MT. FOXO regulates RNA interference in Drosophila and protects from RNA virus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015 Nov 24;112(47):14587-92.
Moreno-Juan V, Filipchuk A, Antón-Bolanos N, Mezzera C, Gezelius H, Andrés B, Rodríguez-Malmierca L, Susín R, Schaad O, Iwasato T, Schüle R. Prenatal thalamic waves regulate cortical area size prior to sensory processing. Nature Communications. 2017;8.
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