Clifton Ragsdale

  • Title: Professor of Neurobiology and Organismal Biology
  • Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 1994
  • cragsdale@uchicago.edu

Clifton Ragsdale

Departmental website:
https://drsb.uchicago.edu/program/faculty/clifton-ragsdale

Clifton Ragsdale, PhD, is a neurobiologist who is interested in the evolutionary biology of brain organization and development, including how the neurons and circuits of the vertebrate central nervous system develop. The Ragsdale laboratory studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the proliferation, migration and differentiation of embryonic brain cells.

Prof. Ragsdale's laboratory major focus is to bring the modern advances in neuroscience, molecular cell biology and genetic manipulation in the study of octopus biology.

 

Media Contacts

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Expertise

Neurobiology, Cephalopods, Octopus

Ragsdale Stories

UChicago scientists reveal nervous system secrets that give octopus arms their incredible dexterity Photo of an octopus with two tentacles curled into a delicate spiral.

UChicago scientists reveal nervous system secrets that give octopus arms their incredible dexterity

Segmented nervous systems allow octopuses to control each arm and suckers

What causes the octopus death spiral? New study points to changes in cholesterol production Octopus bimaculoides

What causes the octopus death spiral? New study points to changes in cholesterol production

Research finds similarities in hormone biology across species—and dire consequences of disruption

Why motherhood sends octopuses into death spiral Thumbnail

Why motherhood sends octopuses into death spiral

Neuroscientist leads unprecedented research to map billions of brain cells Thumbnail

Neuroscientist leads unprecedented research to map billions of brain cells

Four UChicago faculty members named AAAS fellows

Four UChicago faculty members named AAAS fellows

Four UChicago scholars named to first group of MBL fellows Boats in a harbor

Four UChicago scholars named to first group of MBL fellows

The Ragsdale Lab - Octopus Intelligence & Genome Research at UChicago Octopus

The Ragsdale Lab - Octopus Intelligence & Genome Research at UChicago

Landmark sequencing of octopus genome shows basis for intelligence, camouflage Octopus

Landmark sequencing of octopus genome shows basis for intelligence, camouflage

Octopus Genome Offers Insights Into One Of Ocean's Cleverest Oddballs

Octopus Genome Offers Insights Into One Of Ocean's Cleverest Oddballs

Doctoral student Caroline Albertin and Assoc. Prof. Clifton Ragsdale lead team in landmark sequencing of octopus genome