Felix E. Schweizer, PhD Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA CHS 63-323 650 Charles E. Young Drive South Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (310) 794-5733

Felix E. Schweizer was born in Basel, Switzerland and conducted his graduate research in the laboratory of Prof. Max M. Burger under the direction of Dr. Theo Schafer. He received his PhD degree in biochemistry from the University of Basel in 1989. From 1990 to 1994, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at StanfordUniversity in the laboratory of Prof. Richard W. Tsien. From 1994 to 1998, he was postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University in the laboratory of Professor George J. Augustine.

Dr. Schweizer joined the Department of Neurobiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1998 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2005. Dr. Schweizer's research interests concern the molecular mechanisms by which neurons communicate, the regulation of communication by neurons and how alterations in neuronal communication might contribute to neuronal diseases.

Dr. Schweizer currently is also the Director of the Grass Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, a position shared with Dr. Stephanie A. White. The application deadline for next year's Grass Fellowship is on Dec. 10 and more information on the program can be found at www.grassfoundation.org

In 2010, Dr. Schweizer will serve as the Vice-Chair of the Gordon Conference on Synaptic Transmission.