Honorary Member
Doctor in Biology, Stanford University. Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center.
Date of admittance: 08/06/2016
Admission speech: Sleep: Insights into human behavior from the study of insects
Reply: Dr. Pedro Clarós Blanch
Departments/Programs
Degrees
Stanford University, M.D.
Stanford University, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.
Expertise
Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity and neuronal basis of behavior.
Profile
See my webpage at: http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/faculty/griffith.html Webpage
Courses Taught
BCBP | 297b | Master’s Lab Research II |
BIOL | 149b | Molecular Pharmacology |
BIOL | 350a | Graduate Student Research Seminar |
BIOL | 350b | Graduate Student Research Seminar |
NBIO | 142b | Sleep |
NBIO | 148b | Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Excitability and Plasticity |
NBIO | 250d | Neuroscience Proseminar |
Awards and Honors
Benzer Lecture at CSH Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting (2015)
Nancy Lurie Marks Chair in Neuroscience (2012)
Keynote Speaker, Southeast Nerve Net Conference, St. Augustine, FL (2011)
Invited Speaker, 10th Anniversary Symposium for the Kyoto Drosophila Genetics Resource Center (2010)
Plenary Speaker, Neurofly Meeting, Manchester, England (2010)
Elected member of the Drosophila Board (2008 – 2011)
Meyerof Lecturer, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg (2008)
Society for Neuroscience Presidential Lecture (2008)
Scholar in residence, Neural Systems and Behavior, Marine Biological Labs, Woods Hole (2007 – 2006)
McKnight Technological Innovation Award (1999 – 2000)
National Institutes of Health Career Development Award (1996 – 2001)
Whitehall Foundation Grant (1995 – 1997)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1994 – 1996)
Klingenstein Research Fellowship (1994 – 1997)