Jonathan Kalkstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Address:
UCSF MC 2512
Mission Bay – Byers Hall Room 102C
1700 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94158-2330

email: jonathan.kalkstein at ucsf dot edu
lab: 415-476-2164
fax: 415-514-4451

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
       
Biography:  Jon is originally from the Philadelphia area.  His undergraduate work was in Applied Physics, with a focus in biophysics, at Cornell University. Though he maintains a lasting affection for Ithaca, he was compelled to escape the frigid cold and regular doses of the wet and icy precipitation that the natives affectionately call “Ithacation”, and headed south to the University of Miami for a combined MD/PhD program. During graduate school, under the mentorship of Karl Magleby, Jon studied short-term, activity-dependant modulation of synaptic transmission. Jon continued his training in the research track of the psychiatry residency training program at UCSF. After three years of primarily clinical training, he is spending his 4th year as postdoctoral fellow in the Gazzaley lab. He continues to see patients and has a clinical interest in ADHD and Schizophrenia.  A primary goal of his research is to better characterize the deficits in connections between multiple brain areas (neural networks) that underlie these disorders.

Research Description: Coming Soon.

Publications:

Kalkstein, J. and Magleby, K., "Augmentation increases vesicular release probability in the presence of masking depression at the frog neuromuscular junction", The Journal of Neuroscience. Dec. 15, 2004; 24 (50): pp. 11391-403. (pdf)