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Carla Shatz - Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
Executive Committee Member, Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Chair, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
To discover cell and molecular underpinnings of circuit tuning, the Shatz lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
A machine learning approach to automated detection and characterization of dendritic spines in the mammalian brain
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 8 - 2016
A Novel Amyloid-Beta Receptor Driving Synapse Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 7 - 2014
Research News
In Conversation with Professor Carla Shatz - Nature Neuroscience
June 2, 2023 - Nature Neuroscience
The work of Dr. Carla Shatz, the Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford...
Researchers create 'Olympian' mice by stabilizing brain connections involved in skill learning
September 7, 2021 - Wu Tsai Neuro
Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X Carla Shatz and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jun...
Carla Shatz in Nature: "Orderly desk, orderly mind"
January 14, 2020 - Nature Magazine
Carla Shatz stays organized to help her spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves.