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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kristen M. Harris is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, and Structural Biology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, notably Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

Frequent publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Neuron.

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by Kristen M. Harris:

  • The Mind of a Mouse, 2020, Cell
  • Deep learning-based point-scanning super-resolution imaging, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Structural LTP: from synaptogenesis to regulated synapse enlargement and clustering, 2020, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Shortened tethering filaments stabilize presynaptic vesicles in support of elevated release probability during LTP in rat hippocampus, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Dually innervated dendritic spines develop in the absence of excitatory activity and resist plasticity through tonic inhibitory crosstalk, 2022, Neuron

Regular collaborators frequently working alongside Kristen M. Harris include Masaaki Kuwajima, Lyndsey M. Kirk, Uri Manor, Terrence J. Sejnowski, and Wickliffe C. Abraham.

Kristen M. Harris has received recognition in the form of awards including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines and synapses in rat hippocampus (CA1) at postnatal day 15 and adult ages: implications for the maturation of synaptic physiology and long-term potentiation.

    Kristen M Harris;F. E. Jensen;B. Tsao

  • Dendritic spines of CA 1 pyramidal cells in the rat hippocampus: serial electron microscopy with reference to their biophysical characteristics

    Kristen M. Harris;John K. Stevens

  • Dendritic spines: cellular specializations imparting both stability and flexibility to synaptic function.

    Kristen M. Harris;S. B. Kater

  • CREB: A Major Mediator of Neuronal Neurotrophin Responses

    Steven Finkbeiner;Sohail F Tavazoie;Anna Maloratsky;Kori M Jacobs

  • Do thin spines learn to be mushroom spines that remember

    Jennifer Bourne;Kristen M Harris

  • Balancing Structure and Function at Hippocampal Dendritic Spines

    Jennifer N. Bourne;Kristen M. Harris

  • Three-Dimensional Relationships between Hippocampal Synapses and Astrocytes

    Rachel Ventura;Kristen M. Harris

  • Dendritic spine pathology: Cause or consequence of neurological disorders?

    John C Fiala;Josef Spacek;Kristen M Harris

  • Synaptogenesis via dendritic filopodia in developing hippocampal area CA1.

    John C. Fiala;Marcia Feinberg;Viktor Popov;Kristen M. Harris

  • Three-Dimensional Organization of Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum in Hippocampal CA1 Dendrites and Dendritic Spines of the Immature and Mature Rat

    Josef Spacek;Kristen M. Harris

  • Structure, development, and plasticity of dendritic spines.

    Kristen M Harris

  • Plasticity-Induced Growth of Dendritic Spines by Exocytic Trafficking from Recycling Endosomes

    Mikyoung Park;Jennifer M. Salgado;Linnaea Ostroff;Thomas D. Helton

  • Three-Dimensional Structure and Composition of CA3→CA1 Axons in Rat Hippocampal Slices: Implications for Presynaptic Connectivity and Compartmentalization

    Gordon M. G. Shepherd;Kristen M. Harris;Kristen M. Harris

  • Overview on the structure, composition, function, development, and plasticity of hippocampal dendritic spines.

    Karin E. Sorra;Kristen M. Harris

  • Polyribosomes redistribute from dendritic shafts into spines with enlarged synapses during LTP in developing rat hippocampal slices

    Linnaea E Ostroff;John C Fiala;Brenda Allwardt;Kristen M Harris

  • Three-dimensional analysis of the structure and composition of CA3 branched dendritic spines and their synaptic relationships with mossy fiber boutons in the rat hippocampus

    Marina E. Chicurel;Kristen M. Harris

  • Ultrastructure of Synapses in the Mammalian Brain

    Kristen M. Harris;Richard J. Weinberg

  • Dendritic spines of rat cerebellar Purkinje cells: serial electron microscopy with reference to their biophysical characteristics.

    KM Harris;JK Stevens

  • Structural Components of Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Consolidation.

    Craig H. Bailey;Craig H. Bailey;Eric R. Kandel;Kristen M. Harris

  • Coordination of size and number of excitatory and inhibitory synapses results in a balanced structural plasticity along mature hippocampal CA1 dendrites during LTP.

    Jennifer N. Bourne;Kristen M. Harris

  • Variation in the number, location and size of synaptic vesicles provides an anatomical basis for the nonuniform probability of release at hippocampal CA1 synapses

    Kristen M Harris;P. Sultan

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Sergei A. Kirov
Sergei A. Kirov Augusta University
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago
Jeff W. Lichtman
Jeff W. Lichtman Harvard University
Michael D. Ehlers
Michael D. Ehlers MPM BioImpact
Timothy J. Teyler
Timothy J. Teyler Northeast Ohio Medical University
David C. Van Essen
David C. Van Essen Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Loren M. Frank
Loren M. Frank University of California, San Francisco
Moritz Helmstaedter
Moritz Helmstaedter Max Planck Society

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