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S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D.

S. Lawrence Zipursky

Dr. Zipursky is also Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he studied mechanisms of DNA replication in bacteria in the laboratory of Jerard Hurwitz. He moved to the California Institute of Technology to pursue postdoctoral studies in Drosophila neurogenetics with Seymour Benzer and then joined the UCLA faculty.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Lawrence Zipursky is interested in uncovering the mechanisms by which neurons make highly specific patterns of connections during development.

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HHMI INVESTIGATOR
1991–Present
University of California, Los Angeles


Research Abstract
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Wiring the Fly Brain

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