William Schafer

Quick Facts

Full Name	William Schafer
Occupation	Researcher
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1964(1964-08-29)
Age	60
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Capricorn

William Schafer Biography

William Schafer is one of the most popular and richest Researcher who was born on August 29, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. William Ronald Schafer FRS (born August 29, 1964) is a neuroscientist and geneticist who has made important contributions to understanding the molecular and neural basis of behaviour. His work, principally in the nematode C. elegans, has used an interdisciplinary approach to investigate how small groups of neurons generate behavior, and he has pioneered methodological approaches, including optogenetic neuroimaging and automated behavioural phenotyping, that have been widely influential in the broader neuroscience field. He has made significant discoveries on the functional properties of ionotropic receptors in sensory transduction and on the roles of gap junctions and extrasynaptic modulation in neuronal microcircuits. More recently, he has applied theoretical ideas from network science and control theory to investigate the structure and function of simple neuronal connectomes, with the goal of understanding conserved computational principles in larger brains. He is an EMBO member, Welcome Investigator and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

William Schafer Net Worth

William Schafer is one of the richest Researcher from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Schafer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Schafer trained as a geneticist and biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of Jasper Rine. During his PhD research, he discovered that CAAX-box proteins in yeast, including Ras, are prenlyated, and showed that this modification is essential for membrane targeting and biological activity. As a postdoc in the lab of Cynthia Kenyon, he discovered that dopamine inhibits locomotion in C. elegans and identified the first neuronal calcium channel mutant in a screen for worms with abnormal dopamine sensitivity. In 1995 he became an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego. Following a sabbatical in 2004-2005, in 2006 he moved his research group to the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.

Genetically-encoded calcium indicators: The first genetically-encoded calcium indicators were developed in 1997, but they initially proved difficult to use in transgenic animals. In 2000, Schafer and his student Rex Kerr showed that the GECI yellow cameleon 2 could be used to record activity in muscles and in single neurons of transgenic worms. This was the first use of an optogenetic sensor to record the dynamics of neural activity in an animal. Using this technique, Schafer and his group have characterized the properties of many identified neurons in the worm, including subtypes of mechanosensory, chemosensory and nociceptive neurons, and shown that molecules such as TMCs and TRP channels play conserved sensory functions in these neurons.

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Anchal Ranked on the list of most popular Researcher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. William Schafer celebrates birthday on August 29 of every year.