Zachary A. Knight

Professor, UCSF and Investigator, HHMI

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Titre

Control of ingestion by the caudal brainstem

Abstract

The progress of a meal is controlled by sensory feedback generated during eating. I will describe our work investigating how these signals are integrated in the caudal brainstem and used to control behavior. A central theme is how feedback from the mouth and gut interacts both during ingestion and over longer timescales through learning.

Biosketch

Zachary Knight is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at UCSF and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His lab studies the neural mechanisms that control homeostasis, including especially the regulation of hunger and thirst. Zack received his B.A. in Chemistry from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCSF, where he performed research in the lab of Kevan Shokat. Zack then performed postdoctoral studies in physiology with Jeffrey Friedman at Rockefeller University, before returning to UCSF to start his independent lab in 2012.