Biography
Charting the morphology and cytoarchitecture of the left and right hippocampus in postmortem tissue. Neurology, biology, and neuropsychology of beauty and aesthetics. Research Description: Cognitive neuropsychology; function localization in the human brain. Conceptual organization in long term semantic memory. Hemispheric specialization. Beauty and face. Symmetry and asymmetry in human faces. Click here to go to her web site
Biography
Stephen Young grew up in Kansas and obtained an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton University. Following medical school at Washington University-St. Louis, he did internal medicine training at UCSF and cardiology training at UCSD. He then embarked on a career in basic science. He did postdoctoral research training in lipid metabolism at UCSD with Dr. Joseph Witztum and then worked at a UCSF-affiliated research institute for 17 years. Along the way, he became an expert in using genetically modified mice to investigate the gene function in health and disease. Currently, his laboratory studies an endothelial cell protein required for plasma triglyceride metabolism and diseases of the nuclear envelope. His laboratory has a strong track record in developing the careers of young scientists. Dr. Young has received multiple awards and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.