Tyler Seibert
MSTP Student, UCSD

email: tseibert [at] ucsd.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
       

Biography:

Tyler hails from the great city of Stockton, CA where he learned to dodge gang wars at an early age. As a student at UC Berkeley he became enthralled with science and research and all things bioengineering. With prodding from his beautiful wife (who he met at Berkeley, changing his meaningless life forever), he explored the field of neuroscience and joined Dr. Adam Gazzaley as part of Dr. Mark D’Esposito’s laboratory for two years. After graduating from Berkeley in 2005 Tyler entered the Medical Scientist Training Program (the 1,000 year education, according to his wife) at UC San Diego and began the long, winding road of adventure that leads to an M.D. and Ph.D in Bioengineering. At about the same time life once again made lemonade for Tyler as his first son was born just in time for school to start. Tyler resides in La Jolla, CA (can’t get much better than that) where he enjoys skateboarding to class, playing with the cutest baby in the world, and an occasional trip to the beach to surf the glorious southern California waves.

Research Description:

Tyler’s work with Dr. Gazzaley focused on the neural networks underlying top-down modulation of memory encoding and visual attention processes using fMRI. His particular interest was how neural activity that is correlated across anatomically distinct regions relates to behavioral performance in visual memory tasks. In his current work in Dr. James Brewer’s lab at UCSD, he is using fMRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of memory encoding and retrieval.

Publications:

Gazzaley A, Rissman J, Cooney J, Rutman A, Seibert T, Clapp WC, D’Esposito M. (2007) Functional interactions between prefrontal and visual association cortex contribute to top-down modulation of visual processing. Cerebral Cortex 2007 17: i125-i135

Posters:
T.M. Seibert, M. Huang, C. Discenza, J.B. Brewer. Spatio-temporal dynamics of paired associate retrieval: an MEG study. Program No. 365.23. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006. Online.  

T.M. Seibert, A. Gazzaley, A.M. Rutman, J. Rissman, M. D'Esposito. Top-down enhancement of hippocampal functional connectivity underlies incidental long-term memory. Program No. 315.10. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.