Michael Oldham, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
I am a neuroscientist and Principal Investigator in the Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Center at UCSF. The overarching goal of my research is to understand the molecular basis of cellular identity in the human brain in health and disease. We are particularly focused on glioma but are interested in other types of brain cancer as well. In pursuit of this goal, my lab develops and applies standardized approaches for deconstructing complex biological systems using novel computational and experimental strategies. My work is motivated by a simple but powerful idea: by analyzing gene coexpression relationships in heterogeneous tissue samples, it is possible to isolate robust transcriptional signatures of distinct cell types and cellular processes in silico.
Duke University B.S., 1996, Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Ph.D., 2009, Neuroscience
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Postdoctoral, 2010, Human Genetics