John G. Flannery, Ph.D.

Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute


Education and Training:

University of California, Santa Barbara B.A. Neurobiology

University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D. Neurobiology

Jules Stein Institute, UCLA - Postdoctoral Work

       

Positions and Honors

1985-1986 National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Jules Stein Eye Institute

1986-1988 Postdoctoral Fellow in Retinal Cell Biology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

1988-1991 Assistant Research Ophthalmologist, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

1991-1994 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, Univ. of Florida

1994-Present Member, Biophysics program, University of California, Berkeley

1994-Present Member, FFB Research Center, Kearn Center for Retinal Degeneration, UCSF.

1994-1999 Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley

1999-2001 Associate Professor, Optometry, Molecular and Cell Biology and Neuroscience. University of California, Berkeley

2001-present Professor, Vision Science, Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley

2005- Associate Director, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley

2007-2008 Acting Director, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley


Other Experience and Professional Memberships/Honors

1991-1994 Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award

1997 Hellman Family Faculty Award, University of California, Berkeley

1999-2003 Molecular, Cellular and Development Neuroscience IRG Visual Sciences C (VISC)

1999 Scientific Advisory Board, Foundation Fighting Blindness

2000 Kirsch Foundation Medical Project Grant Award

2001 First Research Invited Alumnus Lecturer, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

2001 21st Clement McCulloch Memorial Lecture, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

2002 Keynote address, 12th World Congress of Retina International, Tokyo, Japan

2002 Executive Board, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California

2003 Dean A. McGee Lecture, University of Oklahoma Department of Ophthalmology

2004-2007 Member, Biology of Diseases Posterior Eye Study Section (BDPE) NIH/CSR