SPECTRUM BENEFITS: THE NEUROSCIENCES PROGRAM
Liaisons: Howard Schulman, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
(415) 723-7668
Fax: (415) 725-2952
Spectrum Benefits
A senior member of the Neurosciences Program most compatible with the research interests of a particular Spectrum member will function as a liaison between neuroscience research at Stanford and the Spectrum member. This important ongoing relationship will assure that the needs of the Spectrum members are met by the program. The liaison will be a resource of information and assistance requested by the Spectrum member. Access to research, technology, and personnel at Stanford will be facilitated by the liaison. Spectrum members will receive personal attention to their needs via a senior member of the faculty.
Talent Pool At Stanford: Recruiting Day And Poster Session
Over 45 graduate students and 100 postdoctoral fellows work in the neurosciences at Stanford. Spectrum members will present a talk on their neuroscience-related programs to our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Held every spring, the presentations are followed by the annual poster session at which Stanford Neurosciences students, postdocs and Spectrum members present their recent studies. It is anticipated that these interactions will inform students and postdocs of career opportunities in biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry.
Career Placement: Finding The Right Stuff
Stanford neuroscientists are training some of the best young neuroscientists in the country. The Neurosciences Program will distribute to our students and fellows notices of job openings for staff scientist positions and postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the Spectrum member institutions. The liaison personalizes the search by connecting the company with likely candidates, and helps companies access potential recruits by distribution of their job openings.
Jump Start On New Technology: Visiting Scientist Program
Often the best way to get into a new area or learn a new technology that is not available in house is to do it in a laboratory with experts. By mutual arrangement, Spectrum members will be able to send scientists to Stanford labs of their choice for short periods (1-2 weeks) of training. Such visits provide greater access to neuroscience at Stanford and often lead to broader collaborations and other scientific exchanges.
Frontline Neuroscience: Campus-Wide Seminars
The 13 departments contributing faculty to the Neurosciences Program annually host dozens of seminars. The Program will inform the Spectrum member of all relevant seminars at Stanford.
New Discoveries: Frontiers Of Clinical Neuroscience Seminar Series
Spectrum members are invited to a winter quarter seminar series on the Frontiers of Clinical Neuroscience. Presentations on current research by prominent neuroscientists will highlight research aimed at a molecular understanding of the disease state. Such findings at the bench present exploitable opportunities for therapy at the bedside. Spectrum members will receive the schedule early enough so that they may choose to invite speakers of special interest to give a talk at the Spectrum member institution while on the West Coast. In additon, Spectrum members will receive invitations to a dinner with faculty and speakers.
Reflection And Interaction: Annual Neurosciences Program Retreat
Spectrum members are invited to send representatives to the annual two-day Neurosciences Program research retreat at Monterey Bay. Our students as well as four nationally prominent neuroscientists from around the country present their latest research at this retreat. Ample time is provided for informal interactions between Spectrum members, faculty, students and fellows. Spectrum members receive an invitation for three representatives to attend the annual Neuroscience Program Retreat.
Continuing Education For Corporate Scientists
Spectrum members can send company personnel to three courses which are part of graduate education in the Neurosciences Program. Companies may tailor their attendance to the classes by either auditing the entire course or choosing lectures that are of particular interest. For the current course syllabi, call either Spectrum liaison.
- Signal Transduction Mechanisms covers the mechanisms of transduction of sensory and hormonal stimuli by prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Topics include bacterial chemotaxis and phototaxis; vision in invertebrates and vertebrates; olfaction; and hormonal actions mediated by G-proteins (e.g. adenylate cyclase and the phosphoinositide cascades); molecular evolution of transducting proteins. Also included are the structure and interplay of receptors, enzymes and ion channels.
- Clinical Neuroscience focuses on case demonstrations of selected disorders including the discussion of the pathophysiological basis of the disorder and presentation of the basic principles underlying modern diagnostic and therapeutic management.
- The Nervous System is an introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry. Topics include properties of neurons to the mechanisms and organization underlying higher functions.
Hot Off The Press: Publications From Stanford
Spectrum members will provide a list of faculty whose research is of interest and the Program will send them reprints/preprints of relevant publications from those labs. What better way to keep ahead of the game?
Brainstorming: Customized Workshops At Stanford
At the request of a Spectrum member, a workshop or research roundtable will be organized in which Stanford faculty will join member scientists in a brainstorming session about a particular topic.