Aaron DiAntonio

Aaron DiAntonio attended Harvard University where he studied Biochemistry and graduated in 1988. After graduation, Aaron received a Master's degree from Cambridge University for his work with Dr. Michael Wilcox on cell adhesion in Drosophila. Aaron then entered the M.D./Ph.D. program at Stanford University Medical School, where he worked with Dr. Thomas Schwarz investigating the function of synaptotagmin in neurotransmitter release. After finishing his medical degree and graduate work, Aaron moved to the University of California, Berkeley to do postdoctoral studies with Dr. Corey Goodman, where he found that information flow at Drosophila synapses is bidirectional and that homeostatic mechanisms control the strength of synapses. Aaron joined the Washington University School of Medicine in 1999. A McKnight Scholar from 2002-2005 and a Keck Scholar from 2002-2007, Dr. DiAntonio is currently an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. His research group focuses on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the strength and development of synapses in both Drosophila and mice. Studies from his lab focus on the role of ubiquitination in regulating synaptic growth and axon guidance, the mechanisms controlling the filling of glutamatergic vesicles, and proteins regulating the development of the active zone and postsynaptic density.