Viviana Gradinaru
Viviana Gradinaru | |
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Vilcek Prize | |
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| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Circuit Therapeutics |
| Thesis | Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation revealed by optogenetic deconstruction of diseased brain circuitry (2010) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Deisseroth |
Viviana Grădinaru (born 1981) is a
Early life and education
Gradinaru is a native of
neurodegeneration.[5] She moved to Stanford University for her doctoral studies, where she specialized in neuroscience performing research with Karl Deisseroth.[4] During her PhD, she taught summer courses at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and trained researchers for the Stanford Optogenetics Innovation Laboratory.[6] She took part in ballroom dancing and competed in quickstep at an amateur level throughout graduate school.[7]
Research and career
In collaboration with her colleagues at Stanford, Gradinaru founded Circuit Therapeutics, serving as the chief technology officer and creating optogenetic therapies to treat people with disorders of the nervous system.[7][8] Gradinaru joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology, as an Assistant Professor in 2012 and was promoted to full Professor in 2018.[9] Since 2013, she has served as the Principal Investigator of the CLARITY, Optogenetics and Vector Engineering Research (CLOVER) Center at the California Institute of Technology.[10]
Gradinaru has worked on the development of novel technologies for brain imaging, which she uses to understand sleep disorders and movement.body tissue.
She looks to use her understanding of neuronal activity to establish the mechanism of action of
Awards and honours
- 2013 World Economic Forum Young Scientist[16]
- 2013 Pew Scholar[17]
- 2014 Cell's 40 Under 40[7]
- 2017 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company – New York Academy of Sciences Innovators in Science Award[18]
- 2018 The Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at Indiana University Transformative Investigator Award[19]
- 2018 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award[4]
- 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Finalist[20]
- 2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, Vilcek Foundation[1]
Publications
- Gradinaru, Viviana (26 December 2007). "Targeting and Readout Strategies for Fast Optical Neural Control In Vitro and In Vivo". Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (52): 14231–14238. PMID 18160630.
- Gradinaru, Viviana (17 April 2009). "Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry". Science. 324 (5925): 354–359. PMID 19299587.
- Gradinaru, Viviana (2 April 2010). "Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics". Cell. 141 (1): 22–24. PMID 20303157.
References
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- ^ a b "Viviana Gradinaru". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "O vasluiancă de excepţie: Viviana Grădinaru, omul de ştiinţă care a revoluţionat cercetarea medicală, creând şoarecii transparenţi". adevarul.ro. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Here Are the Women Shaping the Future of Science | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gradinaru Receives NIH Director's Award". www.caltech.edu. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Griswold, Ann (2017). "The Innovators In Science Award Honorees Are Breaking New Ground In Neuroscience". NYAS. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Viviana Gradinaru". alleninstitute.org. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Elsevier. "Q&A with Dr. Viviana Gradinaru of @Caltech biology: Quickstep from start-up to academia". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Optogenética: controlar nuestro cerebro mediante luz". Blogthinkbig.com (in Spanish). 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Viviana Gradinaru: The Division of Biology and Biological Engineering". www.bbe.caltech.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Gradinaru, Viviana (20 January 2020). "Home - Caltech CLOVER Center". www.clover.caltech.edu. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Viviana Gradinaru, PhD | The Vallee Foundation". www.thevalleefoundation.org. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ISSN 0513-5117.
- PMID 26492141.
- PMID 23575631.
- ^ "Settling the debate on serotonin's role in sleep: The brain chemical is necessary to get enough sleep". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Viviana Gradinaru, PhD". The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Parkinson's Disease. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Viviana Gradinaru, Ph.D." Pew Trusts. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Innovators in Science Award Honorees". www.takeda.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Past Awardees: Symposium & Award Ceremony: Gill Center for Biomolecular Science: Indiana University Bloomington". Gill Center for Biomolecular Science. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "National Finalists | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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