BrainMind Summit hosted at Stanford
Satchidananda Panda, PhD
Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Satchin Panda is a Professor in the Regulatory Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He is interested in understanding the molecular mechanism of the biological clock in a mouse model system. The biological clock or circadian oscillator in most organisms coordinates behavior and physiology with the natural light-dark cycle. His laboratory uses genetics, genomics and biochemical approaches to identify genes under circadian regulation in different organs and to understand the mechanism of such regulation. His lab also tries to characterize the mechanism by which the circadian oscillator is synchronized to the natural light-dark condition. Both classical rod/cone photoreceptors and a newly identified ocular photopigment melanopsin participate in photoentrainment of the clock. Research in his lab is geared towards identifying molecular components and events critical for transmitting light information from the eye to the master oscillator in the brain.
Dr. Panda completed his PhD at The Scripps Research Institute and spent time as a postdoc at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation. He is the recipient of the Dana Foundation Award in Brain and Immune System Imaging and is the author of The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight.
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