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Leo M. Chalupa is Vice President for Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology<ref> http://www.gwu.edu/~research/ Office of the Vice President for Research</ref> at [[George Washington University]]. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at the [[University of California, Davis]] and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior <ref> http://www.npb.ucdavis.edu/ Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior </ref> where he also served as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Interim Dean of the College of Biological Sciences <ref> http://biosci3.ucdavis.edu/FacultyAndResearch/FacultyProfile.aspx?FacultyID=213 UC Davis College of Biological Sciences</ref>. |
Leo M. Chalupa is Vice President for Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology<ref> http://www.gwu.edu/~research/ Office of the Vice President for Research</ref> at [[George Washington University]]. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at the [[University of California, Davis]] and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior <ref> http://www.npb.ucdavis.edu/ Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior </ref> where he also served as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Interim Dean of the College of Biological Sciences <ref> http://biosci3.ucdavis.edu/FacultyAndResearch/FacultyProfile.aspx?FacultyID=213 UC Davis College of Biological Sciences</ref>. |
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His research involves trying to understand how we and other species are able to |
His research involves trying to understand how we and other species are able to perceive our surroundings and translate that into brain function which in turn leads to some action. For example, walking around an object in front of us, rather than blindly walking into it. Consequently, his research involves studying the [[retina]], the [[visual system]], and the development of [[visual perception]]. Using a combination of physiological, anatomical and molecular techniques his research has helped redefine the way we think about the visual system <ref>{{cite pmid|12738869}}</ref>, by demonstrating how genetic and environmental factors play complementary roles in shaping the proper wiring of the [[visual system]]. |
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Specifically, his work has shown that neuronal activity does not instruct the formation of specific connections in the developing [[visual system]], a view widely held in the field of developmental neurobiology <ref>{{cite pmid|19580684}}</ref>. This involved performing the first ever recordings from the primate fetal retina <ref>{{cite pmid|16687510}}</ref> and the manufacture of a novel [[neurotoxin]] <ref>{{cite pmid|11896166}}</ref> that selectively depletes [[cholinergic]] neurons from the developing [[retina]]. |
Specifically, his work has shown that neuronal activity does not instruct the formation of specific connections in the developing [[visual system]], a view widely held in the field of developmental neurobiology <ref>{{cite pmid|19580684}}</ref>. This involved performing the first ever recordings from the primate fetal retina <ref>{{cite pmid|16687510}}</ref> and the manufacture of a novel [[neurotoxin]] <ref>{{cite pmid|11896166}}</ref> that selectively depletes [[cholinergic]] neurons from the developing [[retina]]. |
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He is an co-editor of Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function (1998)<ref>{{cite book |
He is an co-editor of Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function (1998)<ref>{{cite book |
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Leo M. Chalupa
Leo M. Chalupa is Vice President for Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology[1] at George Washington University. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at the University of California, Davis and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior [2] where he also served as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Interim Dean of the College of Biological Sciences [3].
His research involves trying to understand how we and other species are able to perceive our surroundings and translate that into brain function which in turn leads to some action. For example, walking around an object in front of us, rather than blindly walking into it. Consequently, his research involves studying the retina, the visual system, and the development of visual perception. Using a combination of physiological, anatomical and molecular techniques his research has helped redefine the way we think about the visual system [4], by demonstrating how genetic and environmental factors play complementary roles in shaping the proper wiring of the visual system. Specifically, his work has shown that neuronal activity does not instruct the formation of specific connections in the developing visual system, a view widely held in the field of developmental neurobiology [5]. This involved performing the first ever recordings from the primate fetal retina [6] and the manufacture of a novel neurotoxin [7] that selectively depletes cholinergic neurons from the developing retina. He is an co-editor of Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function (1998)[8] , The Visual Neurosciences Vol. 1&2 (2004)[9] , Eye, Retina, and Visual System of the Mouse (2008)[10] , and Cerebral Plasticity: New Perspectives (2011)[11]
He is a Fellow of the AAAS and of the Association for Psychological Science, a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. He has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy) and the University of Pisa as well as Osaka University. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City, graduated from Queens College, City University of New York with a bachelor’s degree in physiological psychology, earned his doctorate in neuropsychology at the City University of New York, and served a post-doctoral fellowship at the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received an honorary doctorate from Queens College in 2011 [12]. He co-founded two companies, Immunotox Inc and SciVee.
References
- ^ http://www.gwu.edu/~research/ Office of the Vice President for Research
- ^ http://www.npb.ucdavis.edu/ Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- ^ http://biosci3.ucdavis.edu/FacultyAndResearch/FacultyProfile.aspx?FacultyID=213 UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
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|pmid=11896166instead. - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (1998). Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function. Springer. ISBN 030645906X.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (2003). The Visual Neurosciences Vol. 1&2. MIT Press. ISBN 0262033089.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (2008). Eye, Retina, and Visual System of the Mouse. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262033817.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (2011). Cerebral Plasticity: New Perspectives. MIT Press. ISBN 0262015234.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/anextraordinarycareer Honorary Doctorate Leo Chalupa