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Gentry Patrick is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1999, working in the laboratory of Dr. Li-Huei Tsai. Following his doctoral studies, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology under Dr. Erin Schuman, funded by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and the United Negro College Fund/Merck. Dr. Patrick's research interests focus on the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in regulating synaptic plasticity and its implications for neurodegenerative diseases. His lab investigates how synaptic activity influences the degradation and synthesis of proteins at synapses within the mammalian central nervous system. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for elucidating the connections between UPS activity and diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Dr. Patrick has been a member of the faculty since 2004 and continues to contribute significantly to the field of neurobiology through both his research and teaching.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).