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Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D.

Ulrike Heberlein

Ulrike Heberlein is a Scientific Program Director and a Laboratory Head at Janelia Farm. Heberlein received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Concepción, Chile. She received her Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, where she went on to conduct postdoctoral research under Gerald Rubin (now director, Janelia Farm Research Campus). In 1993 Heberlein became affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), starting as a principal investigator at the Gallo Clinic and Research Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. Before coming to coming to Janelia, Heberlein served as a professor in the Department of Anatomy and an investigator at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center in Emeryville, California. In addition to her Janelia appointment, Heberlein continues at UCSF as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anatomy.

Heberlein has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; the McKnight Investigator Award; the Byers Award in Basic Science, UCSF; and the Soloway Lecture Award, National Institutes of Health. In 2010, Heberlein was elected as a foreign member to the National Academy of Sciences.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Ulrike Heberlein uses the fruit fly Drosophila to study the mechanisms by which experiences induce long-lasting changes in behavior using genetic, genomic, and neuroanatomical approaches.

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Scientific Program Director and Laboratory Head
2012– Present
Janelia Farm Research Campus

Education
bullet icon B.S., biochemistry, University of Concepción, Chile
bullet icon Ph.D., biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Member
bullet icon National Academy of Sciences
Awards
bullet icon Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
bullet icon McKnight Investigator Award
bullet icon Byers Award in Basic Science, University of California, San Francisco

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