Jim Berg Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, WA

• Used large-scale data analysis and problem solving to build a standardized pipeline for generating and processing physiological, morphological, and genetic data from 15,000+ individual mouse and human neurons. 15.
• Led project from conception to completion to deliver to academic customers the first large-scale, online database of mouse and human neuron types: celltypes.brain-map.org
• Drove the unprecedented comprehensive characterization of mouse visual cortex neurons, resulting in a benchmark ontology and a first-author 2019 Nature Neuroscience Resource Article
• Increased throughput from ~1000 to more than 5000 characterized neurons per year using feedback from large-scale data analysis projects and other operational improvements
• Built relationships and coordinated data collation from two international academic laboratories with diverse data acquisition streams leading to a large robust collective dataset (NIH-funded effort)
• Led effort devoted to the acquisition, transport, processing and distribution of human neurosurgical tissue

San Francisco Bay Area

• As a member of the Jan laboratory, used multiple techniques to understand the physiological and behavioral implications of mutations in the mouse TMEM16A chloride ion channel gene.
• Led a small multidisciplinary team focused on the functional importance of the TMEM16A ion channel gene
• Developed a strategy to understand gene activity following nerve damage – creating a basis for future therapeutic studies.
• Awarded an NIH F32 Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant Award

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

• Designed a genetically-encoded fluorescent biosensor for cellular energy, resulting in a first-author Nature Methods article. Biosensor.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology/Biological Sciences, General