Stanford

Members of the Neuropharmacology Laboratory


PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

 M. Bruce MacIver, M.Sc., Ph.D.

         Professor of Neurophysiology
Department of Anesthesia
Neuroscience Institute at Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
Bio-X - Bioengineering & Medicine
    Location: Room S284A
    Stanford University Medical Center
    Palo Alto CA 94305-5117
Phone: Lab: (650) 725-5851
Office: (650) 725-5872
FAX: (650) 725-8052
email: maciver@stanford.edu
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MacIver Laboratory wins the 2004 Allan V. Cox Medal




                   


LABORATORY MANAGER 


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Melis K. Sunay
SUMC Grant Building S288
Phone: (650)725-5851
email:  msunay@stanford.edu


Chief Scientist


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Eric Velasco, BS 2010, MS 2011

SUMC Grant Building S288
Phone: (650)725-5851
email:  ericrlich@gmail.com



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Three pyramidal neurons

STUDENTS




Melis_etal        Manny

Melis, Beza, Olivia and Edmund - Summer 2011                                                                 Manny rock'n out with the neurons                        







Dan_B         Joshua

The joy of discovery . . .  Daniel Butler, U of Arizona MD 2013 and Joshua Khani, BS 2011



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Gily Raz, Stanford Summer Research Program








Marin        JLo

                                                                                                   Marin and the lab ghosts                                                                               J'Leise





Medical Scientist Training Program:
 
  Medical Scholar:


 Undergraduates:


         Undergraduate
        Biochemical Engineering
        Project: Solubility - potency relationships for CNS depressants.
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Vytas

Vytas Dargis-Robinson
Location: S284
Stanford University Medical Center



POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS







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  • Boris D Heifets, M.D., Ph.D

    • FARM Fellow

    Location: S288A
    Stanford University Medical Center

    Project: Anesthetics, synaptic plasticity and optogenetics



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  • Stephen K Towers, Ph.D

    • Location: S288A
    Stanford University Medical Center

    Project: Anesthetic actions on synchronous neuronal
                oscillations and synaptic circuits

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    Those pyramidal neurons again . . .




            Undergraduate
            Electrical Engineering
            Project: Anesthetic effects on tonic GABA-mediated currents.
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    Morgan
              Undergraduate
            Biological Sciences
            Project:  Drug effects at NMDA synapses.
           
            Undergraduate
            Human Biology
            Project: Toluene effects on excitatory synaptic transmission.
            Undergraduate
            Human Biology
            Project: NMDA receptors

    MacIver Laboratory Alumni:

     

      Postdoctoral Fellows

      • Michael Sceniak, Ph.D.

      Undergraduate Students

      • Alan Teo
        • B.S., June 2001
        Human Biology
        Project:  Enflurane's effects on synaptic transmission
      • Sacha Kang
        • Undergraduate: Columbia University
        Biological Sciences