Karl Deisseroth
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- Professor, Bioengineering
- Member, Bio-X
- Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
- Faculty On Other Payrolls, Bioengineering
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Psychiatry Department 401 Quarry Rd MC 5722 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 498-9111 Fax (650) 725-7799
- Contact Information
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-8524 Tel (650) 736-4325Alternate Contact Cynthia Delacruz Executive Assistant EmailNot for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Psychiatry
Honors and Awards
- Lawrence C. Katz Prize in Neurobiology, Duke University (2008)
- Schuetze Prize in Neurobiology, Columbia University (2008)
- McKnight Foundation Scholar Award, McKnight Foundation (2007)
- Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), NIH (2006)
- McKnight Foundation Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, McKnight Foundation (2005)
- Klingenstein Fellowship, Klingenstein Foundation (2005)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2006) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education CA (2004) |
| Internship: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education CA (2001) |
| Medical Education: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2000) |
| M.D./Ph.D.: | Stanford University, Neuroscience (2000) |
| M.D.: | Stanford University (2000) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Avishek Adhikari, Aaron Andalman, Andre Berndt, Kwanghun Chung, Thomas Davidson, Soo Yeun Lee, Talia Lerner, Conor Liston, James Marshel, Melissa Warden
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling. Also a physician in the psychiatry department, Professor Deisseroth employs novel electromagnetic brain stimulation techniques in human patients for therapeutic purposes.
Publications
- Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses. Nature. 2009; (7247): 663-7
- Optical deconstruction of parkinsonian neural circuitry. Science. 2009; (5925): 354-9
- Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance. Nature. 2009; (7247): 698-702
- Phasic firing in dopaminergic neurons is sufficient for behavioral conditioning. Science. 2009; (5930): 1080-4
- Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling. Nature. 2009; (7241): 1025-9
- Bi-stable neural state switches. Nat Neurosci. 2009; (2): 229-34
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