Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos, PhD
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Biography
Daniel Colón-Ramos was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He completed his B.A. at Harvard University, his PhD in the lab of Dr. Sally Kornbluth at Duke University and was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Kang Shen at Stanford University. The Colón-Ramos lab is interested in how synapses are precisely assembled to build the neuronal architecture that underlies behavior. To address this, they developed tools in the thermotaxis circuit of C. elegans. Their system enables unbiased genetic screens to identify novel pathways that instruct synaptogenesis in vivo, and single-cell manipulation of these pathways to understand how they influence behavior. As mechanisms underlying synapse structure and function are conserved, the research program seeks to enhance our understanding of synaptic cell biology in higher organisms, which may be important for disease.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral fellowStanford University (2008)
- PhDDuke University Medical Center (2003)
- ABHarvard College (1998)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science | 2012 |
Sloan Research Fellow | 2010 | |
Klingenstein Fellowship Award in the Neurosciences | 2009 |
Departments & Organizations
- Cell Biology
- Cell Biology Research
- Colon-Ramos lab
- Developmental Cell Biology and Genetics
- Diabetes Research Center
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Neuroscience
- Neuroscience Track
- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures