Michael Hendricks
Ph.D. Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory,
National University of Singapore
Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
52 Oxford St., Room 254
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-1018
hendrick (at) fas.harvard.edu
Research Interests:
• Neural circuit plasticity and physiology, behavioral variation and evolution.
Education & Experience:
Oct 2008 - present: Postdoc, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University.
Jan - Oct 2008: Postdoc, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
2002 - 2007: Ph.D. Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory / National University of Singapore. Dissertation: Commissural Axon Pathfinding at Intermediate Targets in the Zebrafish Forebrain. Advisor: Dr. Suresh Jesuthasan
1991 - 1995: BA in Biology. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
Publications:
Hendricks M, Mathuru AS, Wang H, Silander O, Kee MZ, Jesuthasan S
(2008). Disruption of Esrom and Ryk identifies the roof plate boundary
as an intermediate target for commissure formation. Molecular & Cellular
Neuroscience 37(2): 271-283.
Hendricks M, Jesuthasan S (2007). Electroporation-based methods for in
vivo, whole mount and primary culture analysis of zebrafish brain
development. Neural Development 2: 6.
Hendricks M, Jesuthasan S (2007). Asymmetric innervation of the habenula in
zebrafish. J Comparative Neurology 502(4): 611-619.
D'Souza J, Hendricks M, Le Guyader S, Subburaju S, Grunewald B,
Scholich K, Jesuthasan S (2005). Formation of the retinotectal projection
requires Esrom, an ortholog of PAM (protein associated with Myc).
Development 132(2): 247-256.
Hendricks M & Jesuthasan S (2004). Form and function in the zebrafish
nervous system. In Fish genetics and development, vol. 2 (ed. Z. Gong &
V. Korzh). Singapore: World Scientific.
Additional Interests:
Travel, Javanese gamelan
Hometown:
Omaha, Nebraska
