Ben Cheyette
Working Title
Professor Emeritus
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2002 - Molecular Pharmacology, University of Washington
- Clinical Specialty Training, 1999 - Psychiatry, University of Washington
- M.D., 1995 - David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
- Ph.D, 1994 - Molecular Biology, University of California Los Angeles
- A.B., 1988 - Biology, Princeton University
Wnt1 Protein
Embryonic Development
Beta Catenin
Synapses
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Wnt Signaling Pathway
Dendritic Spines
Intracellular Signaling Peptides And Proteins
Carrier Proteins
Phosphoproteins
Xenopus Proteins
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Proto-Oncogene Proteins C-bcr
Prosencephalon
Rac1 GTP-Binding Protein
- NARSAD Independent Investigator Award, UCSF, 2014-2016
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award, UW & University of California, San Francisco, 2001-2003
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award, University of Washington (UW), 1999-2001
- Academic Excellence, University of Washington, Psychiatry, 1999
- Excellence in Psychiatry Residency, American Psychiatric Association, 1998
- Special Achievement as a Resident in Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, 1997
- Emil Bogen Prize for Outstanding Research Achievement, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995
- Charles M. Cannon Prize for Research Achievement, Princeton University, 1988
- Magna Cum Laude, Biology, Princeton University, 1988
- Sigma Xi National Scientific Honor Society, Princeton University, 1988
- National Merit Scholar, -, 1984
October 18, 2016 - Gene links risk of psychiatric disease to reduced synapse numbers
July 28, 2016 - Neurons from boys with autism grow unusually fast
June 9, 2008 - Novel therapeutic strategy for colon cancer treatment
February 18, 2014 - Planar Cell Polarity Proteins Contribute to Brain Development
June 24, 2013 - Genes involved in birth defects may also lead to mental illness
June 14, 2016 - As autism candidates emerge, cancer pathway rises to top
October 18, 2016 - Gene links risk of psychiatric disease to reduced synapse numbers
April 21, 2014 - Cheyette awarded NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant
November 26, 2013 - Genetics: Brain development pathway linked to autism
October 11, 2016 - Autism gene needed for growth of neurons during gestation
October 20, 2016 - A Gene That Could Help Explain Why Lithium Stabilizes Mood
May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2018 - The Dact/Sestd1 pathway in embryonic malformations , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01HD055300
June 8, 2009 - May 31, 2011 - Autism-specific mutation in DACT1: Impact on brain development in a mouse model , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R21MH085995
September 5, 1999 - July 31, 2004 - PROTEINS INTERACTING WITH DISHEVELLED IN VERTEBRATES , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K08MH001750
March 27, 1991 - - ROLE OF THE DROSOPHILA MED GENE IN AXON CONNECTIONS , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: F31MH010234
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