Tamily Weissman
{{short description|Neurobiology professor}}
Tamily Weissman-Unni (born January 21, 1971) is a neurobiology professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://college.lclark.edu/live/news/12395-faculty-profile-on-tamily-weissmanunni |title=Faculty Profile on Tamily Weissman-Unni: News – - Administration – College of Arts and Sciences – Lewis & Clark |publisher=College.lclark.edu |accessdate=2011-10-13}} She has published numerous studies on brain development"Calcium waves propagate through radial glial cells and modulate proliferation in the developing neocortex". Weissman TA, Riquelme PA, Ivic L, Flint AC, Kriegstein AR. Neuron. 2004 September 2; 43 (5): 647-61."Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of fluorescent proteins in the nervous system". Livet J, Weissman TA, Kang H, Draft RW, Lu J, Bennis RA, Sanes JR, Lichtman JW. Nature. 2007 November 1; 450 (7166): 56-62. and her current research focuses on formation of cerebellar circuits. Additionally, she has won several scientific imaging competitions for her striking multi-color pictures of the brain.First place prize, IBRO Neuroscapes NeuroArt Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, May 2006.
Personal background and education
Tamily was born in England but immigrated with her family to Seattle, Washington, in her early childhood. She went on to earn a degree in psychology from Pomona College (1992) and a PhD in neurobiology from Columbia University (2004). Together with Dr. Jeff W. Lichtman, Dr. Jean Livet, Dr. Josh R. Sanes, and others at Harvard University she helped develop the 'Brainbow' transgenic mouse line.