A fundamental challenge within Neuroscience is to understand behaviour through connectomics, a knowledge of molecular and cellular information mapped onto the pathways that connect brain cells together. A central focus for neuroscientists at UBC is the study of brain connections, including their dynamic changes during normal development and learning and how these connections become dysfunctional in neuropsychiatric disease.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Bamji, Shernaz | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | neurodevelopmental disease; primary neuronal cultures; synapse biology; transgenic mouse models; Neurodevelopmental disease, Primary neuronal cultures, Synapse biology, Transgenic mouse models |
| Boyd, Lara | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Learning; Learning and Memory; Motor System; Motor learning; Neurophysiology; Physiology; Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration; stroke; Learning, Learning and Memory, Motor System, Motor learning, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration, Stroke |
| Cembrowski, Mark Steven | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mechanisms of memory in the brain; Anxiety; Big Data; Bioinformatics; Cell types; Computation; Fear; Genetics; modeling; Neural circuits; neuroscience; Neuroscience of memory; PTSD; RNAseq; Mechanisms of memory in the brain, Anxiety, Big data, Bioinformatics, Cell types, Computation, Fear, Genetics, Modeling, Neural circuits, Neuroscience, Neuroscience of memory, PTSD, RNAseq |
| Craig, Ann Marie | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Excitatory and inhibitory synapses, Synapse development and plasticity, Synapse organizing proteins, Neurotransmitter receptors, Autism and schizophrenia |
| Cripton, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | biomechanics; Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma; hip fracture; injury prevention; Mechanical Systems; neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury; spine biomechanics; Trauma / Injuries; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance; Biomechanics, Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma, Hip fracture, Injury prevention, Mechanical Systems, Neurotrauma, Spinal cord injury, Spine biomechanics, Trauma / Injuries, Traumatic brain injury, Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance |
| Haas, Kurt | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Autism; Brain Circuit Development; Dendritogenesis; Epilepsy; Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission; Neuronal Computation; Neuronal Modeling; Neuronal Systems; Neuronal and Synaptic Activity; Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration; Synaptic Plasticity; Autism, Brain Circuit Development, Dendritogenesis, Epilepsy, Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurological Diseases, Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission, Neuronal Computation, Neuronal Modeling, Neuronal Systems, Neuronal and Synaptic Activity, Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration, Synaptic Plasticity |
| Mackenzie, Ian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Alzheimer's Disease |
| MacVicar, Brian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Brain Research, epilepsy, astrocyte, glia, dendrites, synapse, imaging, two photon laser scanning microscopy, neurophysiology, Role of calcium, regulation of neurons, cell death |
| McKeown, Martin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | novel treatments for Parkinson's; Video Monitoring Parkinson's; Brain Stimulation; Biomedical Engineering; Machine Learning; fMRI; EEG; novel treatments for Parkinson's, Video Monitoring Parkinson's , brain stimulation, biomedical engineering, Machine Learning, fMRI, EEG |
| Murphy, Timothy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Autism; brain imaging; depression; Neuronal Systems; stroke; Autism, Brain imaging, Depression, Neuronal Systems, Stroke |
| Pavlidis, Paul | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | genomics; Bioinformatics; cellular and molecular neuroscience; Genetics; disorders of the nervous system; single-cell genomics; Computational Biology; Gene regulation; genomics, bioinformatics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, disorders of the nervous system, single-cell genomics, computational biology, gene regulation |
| Phillips, Anthony | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Addictions Psychiatry, Basic Neurosciences |
| Raymond, Lynn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Huntington's Disease |
| Rossi, Fabio | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine blood, Stem cells, regeneration, gene therapy, control of cell fate |
| Seamans, Jeremy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder and addiction |
| Snutch, Terrance Preston | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Brain Disorders; Animal models; genomics; Drug discovery & development; brain disorders, animal models, genomics, drug discovery & development |
| Snyder, Jason | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plasticity, learning, memory, stress, mental health, emotional behaviour |
| Sossi, Vesna | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Medical Imaging, Brain imaging |
| Stoessl, A Jon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Parkinson's disease |
| Tetzlaff, Wolfram | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Neural development and regeneration |
| Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Interventional Brain Medicine; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Magnetic Seizure Therapy; Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuroimaging; Interventional Brain Medicine, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Magnetic Seizure Therapy, Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Deep Brain Stimulation, Neuroimaging |
| Wang, Yu Tian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Learning and memory, stroke |
| Winstanley, Catharine | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Addiction; Behavioural neuroscience; decision making; Gambling disorder; Impulsivity; Mental Health and Society; Neuronal Systems; Neuropharmacology; Computational neuroscience; Traumatic Brain Injury; Addiction, Behavioural neuroscience, Decision making, Gambling disorder, Impulsivity, Mental Health and Society, Neuronal Systems, Neuropharmacology, Computational Neuroscience, Traumatic brain injury |
| Woodward, Todd | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cognitive neuropsychiatry and functional neuroimaging |