Assistant Professor
M.S., St-Petersburg State University
Ph.D., Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences
Phone: (858) 784-8151
e-mail: amaximov_AT_scripps.edu
Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Phone: (858) 784-8171
e-mail: mshimojo_AT_scripps.edu
Research interests: neuronal cargo secretion, experience-dependent synaptic plasticity.
Masa is a recipient of the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science fellowship (JSPS).
Joseph (Jep) Madara
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Phone: (858) 784-8171
e-mail: jcmadara_AT_scripps.edu
Research interests: experience-dependent synaptic plasticity, synaptic properties of human neurons.
Julian Wong
Ph.D., Brown University
Phone: (858) 784-8171
e-mail: jlwong_AT_scripps.edu
Research interests: reprogramming of non-neuronal human cells into neurons, genomic and functional analysis of patient-specific human neuronal models for psychiatric diseases.
Julian is a recipient of the Life Science Research Foundation fellowship (LSRF).
Simon Pieraut
Ph.D., University of Montpellier
Phone: (858) 784-8171
e-mail: simonp_AT_scripps.edu
Research interests: experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
Simon is a Dorris Neuroscience Fellow
Graduate Students
Rick Sando
Kellogg School of Science & Technology
The Scripps Research Institute
Phone: (858) 784-8171
e-mail: sandor_AT_scripps.edu
Research interests: experience-dependent synaptic plasticity, development of new genetic methods for inducible control of synaptic transmission.