Daniel D. Clark, Ph.D.
dan @ ddc . me
Division of Biological Sciences
Neurobiology Section Graduate Program
349 Leichtag Biomedical Research Building
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive #0674
La Jolla, CA 92093-0674
Cell Phone
Lab Phone: (858) 534-1762
Lab Fax: (858) 534-1438
Education
- 2005-2012
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- UCSD: Ph.D. completed in the Division of Biological Sciences, and the Genetics Training Program. Selected for the 2010 Summer Graduate Teacher Fellows program, the Division of Biological Sciences Senior TA, the Molecular Biological Approaches to Endocrinology training grant, and participated in the 2005 Neurosciences Graduate Program two-week long Boot Camp.
- 2000-2002
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- UCLA: B.S. Neuroscience
- 1998-2000
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- Palomar Community College. San Marcos, CA
- 1994-1998
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- San Pasqual High School. Escondido, CA
Research
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- UCSD
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- Laboratory of Pamela L. Mellon: Ph.D. thesis work on the role of the circadian clock in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal reproductive axis.
- Burnham
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- Laboratory of Evan Y. Snyder: Pre-graduate school work on the efficacy of neural stem cell transplantation in treating a mouse model of Sandhoff disease.
- UCLA
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- Laboratory of Chris Colwell: Undergraduate work on the roles of PACAP and VIP on circadian rhythm parameters in knockout mouse models of each.
Teaching
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- Palomar College
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- 2012-Present: Adjunct Professor. BIOL 100, General Biology
- UCSD
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- 2012: UCSD Summer Session I, BIMM 101
- 2010-2011: UCSD Division of Biological Sciences Senior TA
- 2009-2011: Mentor for Master’s thesis project of Lara T Kose.
- 2010: BIMM 101, Recombinant DNA Techniques. Primary instructor: Dan Clark
- 2009: BIPN 150, Diseases of the Nervous System. Primary instructor: Sam Pfaff
- 2008: BIPN 150, Diseases of the Nervous System. Primary instructor: Sam Pfaff
- 2007: BIMM 101, Recombinant DNA Techniques. Primary instructor: Mandy Butler
- Cosmos (HS)
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- 2009: Cluster 8, The Molecular Biology Revolution. Primary instructor: Mandy Butler
- Academic Connections (HS)
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- 2007: Cutting Edge Biology. Primary instructor: Dan Clark
- 2006: Cutting Edge Science. Primary instructor: Tom Denkenberger
- Mad Science (K-6)
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- 2007: After School Science Program Instructor
Employment
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- UCSD 2005-present
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- Ph.D. student work including thesis research and extensive teaching experience.
- Burnham 2002-2005
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- Pre-graduate school employment as animal husbandry technician and research technician.
- UCLA 2001-2002
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- Undergraduate research experience, as well as employment in the UCLA Biomedical Library (Library Assistant IV).
Awards
- 2010-2011 UCSD Division of Biological Sciences Senior TA
- 2009-2011 UCSD Molecular Biological Approaches to Endocrinology Grant
- 2007-2009 UCSD Genetics Training Program Grant
- 2007 The Endocrine Society Fellows & Students Day Scholarship Recipient
Service
- 2008-2011: UCSD Biomedical Library Advisory Committee
- 2006-Present: Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair judge
- 2007: Division of Biological Sciences Recruitment Committee
- 2006: Division of Biological Sciences Recruitment Committee
Professional Memberships
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science
- The Endocrine Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- American MENSA
Professional Qualifications
- Research methods including molecular biological techniques (including Western blot, PCR, RT-qPCR, and cloning), cell culture, immunocytochemistry, radioimmunoassay, animal work (from colony maintenance through fixative perfusion and histology prep).
- Teaching experience from primary grades through high school programs through undergraduate courses.
- Extensive experience with the Microsoft Office suite of software programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Endnote, Ensembl, UCSC Genome browser, and all of the NCBI online databases, including EntrezGene, OMIM, Pubmed, etc. Familiarity with PHP/HTML, CSS, Genespring, Clustal, R, etc.
Publications
- Hypothalamic Dysregulation and Infertility in Mice Lacking the Homeodomain Protein Six6. Larder R, Clark DD, Miller N, Mellon PL. The Journal of Neuroscience, January 12, 2011, 31(2):426-438.
- [Poster Abstract] Fertility Effects of Tissue-Specific Bmal Inactivation. Clark D, Mellon P. Gordon Research Conference, Chronobiology. Salve Regina University, July 19-24, 2009.
- [Poster Abstract] GnRH Neuron Locations and Projections in the Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadal Mouse. Clark DD, Miller NLG, Mellon PL. The Endocrine Society’s 89th Annual Meeting. Toronto, June 2-5, 2007.
- Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative metabolic disease. Lee JP, Jeyakumar M, Gonzalez R, Takahashi H, Lee PJ, Baek RC, Clark D, Rose H, Fu G, Clarke J, McKercher S, Meerloo J, Muller FJ, Park KI, Butters TD, Dwek RA, Schwartz P, Tong G, Wenger D, Lipton SA, Seyfried TN, Platt FM, Snyder EY. Nature Medicine. 2007 Apr;13(4):439-47.
- Neural Stem Cell Therapy in Lysosomal Storage Disease. Jean-Pyo Lee, Dan Clark, Mylvaganam Jeyakumar, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Scott McKercher, Franz-Josef Mueller, Rahul Jandia, Rosanne M. Taylor, Kook In Park, Thomas N. Seyfried, Frances M. Platt & Evan Y. Snyder. Chapter in Lysosomal Storage Disorders. Edited by John A. Barranger and Mario A. Cabrera-Salazar. Springer US, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-387-70908-6.