Postdoctoral Training

• Posdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Southern California, 2004-05/31/2007  
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, 2002-2004  

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

• Research Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 06/2007-  

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Research Keywords

Research Specialties

Funded Research

Contracts and Grants Awarded

• From Glucosensing Neurons to CRH Neuroendocrine Neurons: Circuits and Signals (NIDDK, NIH), Arshad M. Khan, $490,360, 08/01/2008-07/31/2012  

Other Funded Research

• National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, $130,000, 06/01/2004-05/31/2007  

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions

• Center for Neuro-Metabolic Interactions, University of Southern California
• Laboratory of Alan G. Watts, University of Southern California, Collaborator

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations

• "Identification of a novel population of neurons displaying immunoreactive phosphorylated MAP kinases in the lateral hypothalamic area: histochemical relationship to the hypocretin/orexin system", Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Poster, Abstract, Chicago, IL, NIDDK, Fall 2009   
• "Identifying functional hypothalamic circuits using in vivo targeted toxin/drug injections and ex vivo slice imaging studies", Can New Tools Revolutionize Studies of Hypothalamic Circuits?, Poster, Abstract, Janelia Farm, Virginia, HHMI, Janelia Farm, Invited, Fall 2009   
• "Visualizing Nature and Science: A Perspective from a Neuroscientist", Ninth Annual Department of Psychology Research Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, , University of California, Riverside, California, Department of Psychology, Invited, Fall 2009   
• "A.V. Hill, war and British biophysics: Glimpses into the life of a scientist and a statesman", 14th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, Charleston, South Carolina, ISHN, Spring 2009   
• "A high spatial resolution immunocytochemical study of agouti-related peptide (AGRP) and hypocretin/orexin (ORX) within the lateral hypothalamic area", Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Poster, Abstract, Washington, D.C., NINDS, NIMH, Fall 2008   
• "From soldiering to soldering: restoring and re-staffing the biophysics unit at University College London after world war II", History section of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Poster, Abstract, Washington, D.C., NIMH, Fall 2008   
• "Stimulus-, circuit- and intracellular-level determinants of MAP kinase and CREB activation in parvicellular hypothalamic paraventricular neurons", Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Poster, Abstract, Washington, D.C., NINDS, Fall 2008   
• "Signal Transduction in CRH Neuroendocrine Neurons", American Neuroendocrine Society Annual Meeting, Symposium lecture, Abstract, San Rafael, California, NIMH, NINDS, Invited, Spring 2008   
• "Measuring the energy of nervous impulses: the friendship (1911-1950) of Hill and Meyerhof and the emergence of neurochemistry.", 12th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Talk and Accompanying Poster, Refereed , UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ISHN, NIMH, Fall 2007   

Other Research

• Archives Research - (August, 2007); Arranged Visit, Archives Centre, Churchill College,Cambridge, UK; A.V. Hill Papers., Fall 2007   
• Archives Research - (June, 2006); Arranged Visit, University of Pennsylvania Archives; Otto Meyerhof Papers., Spring 2006   

Publications

Book Chapter

• Stanley, B. G., Gillard, E. R., Khan, A. M. (1998). Physiological Controls of Eating and Body Weight. (Vol. 2). San Diego, CA: Encyclopedia of Mental Health / Academic Press Publishers.

Journal Article

• Khan, A. M. (2009). Nerve, muscle, blood, toil, tears and sweat: England’s pioneering biophysicist, soldier and statesman. The Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. Vol. 18 (1), pp. 80-81, 98-105. PubMed Web Address
• Gorton, L. M., Khan, A. M., Bohland, M., Sanchez-Watts, G., Donovan, C. M., Watts, A. G. (2007). A major role for the forebrain in mediating time-of-day differences in glucocorticoid counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia. Endocrinology. Vol. 148 (12), pp. 6026-6039.
• Khan, A. M., Ponzio, T. A., Sanchez-Watts, G., Stanley, B. G., Hatton, G. I., Watts, A. G. (2007). Catecholaminergic control of MAP kinase signaling in paraventricular neuroendocrine neurons in vivo and in vitro: A proposed role during glycemic challenges. The Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 27 (27), pp. 7344-7360. PubMed Web Address
• Khan, A. M., Hahn, J. D., Cheng, W., Watts, A. G., Burns, G. A. (2006). NeuroScholar's electronic laboratory notebook and its application to neuroendocrinology. Neuroinformatics. Vol. 4 (2), pp. 139-160. PubMed Web Address
• Watts, A. G., Khan, A. M., Sanchez-Watts, G., Salter, D., Neuner, C. M. (2006). Activation in neural networks controlling ingestive behaviors: What does it mean and how do we map and measure it?. Physiology & Behavior. Vol. 89 (4), pp. 501-510. PubMed Web Address
• Khan, A. M., Cheung, H. H., Gillard, E. R., Palarca, J. A., Welsbie, D. S., Gurd, J. W., Stanley, B. G. (2004). Lateral hypothalamic signaling mechanisms underlying feeding stimulation: Differential contributions of Src family tyrosine kinases to feeding triggered either by NMDA injection or by food deprivation. The Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 24, pp. 10603-10615. PubMed Web Address
• Khan, A. M., Watts, A. G. (2004). Intravenous 2-deoxy-D-glucose injection rapidly elevates levels of the phosphorylated forms of p44/42 mitogen activated protein kinases (ERK1/2) in rat hypothalamic parvicellular paraventricular neurons. Endocrinology. Vol. 145 (1), pp. 351-359. PubMed Web Address
• Burns, G. A., Khan, A. M., Ghandeharizadeh, S., O'Neill, M. A., Chen, Y. (2003). Practical tools and approaches for the construction of knowledge models from the neuroscientific literature. Neuroinformatics. Vol. 1 (1), pp. 81-109.
• Khan, A. M., Stanley, B. G., Bozzetti, L., Chin, C., Stivers, C., Curras-Collazo, M. C. (2000). N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2B is widely expressed throughout the rat diencephalon: An immunohistochemical study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. Vol. 428, pp. 428-449. PubMed Web Address
• Khan, A. M., Curras, M. C., Jamal, F. A., Turkowski, C. A., Goel, R. K., Dao, J., Gillard, E. R., Stanley, B. G. (1999). Lateral hypothalamic NMDA receptor subunits NR2A and/or NR2B mediate eating: Immunochemical/behavioral evidence. American Journal of Physiology. Vol. 276, pp. R880-R891.
• Gillard, E. R., Khan, A. M., Mouradi, B., Nalamwar, O., Stanley, B. G. (1998). Eating induced by perifornical cAMP is behaviorally selective and involves protein kinase activity. American Journal of Physiology. Vol. 275, pp. R647-R653.
• Miyata, S., Khan, A. M., Hatton, G. I. (1998). Colocalization of calretinin and calbindin-D28k with oxytocin and vasopressin in rat supraoptic nucleus neurons: A quantitative study. Brain Research. Vol. 785, pp. 178-182. PubMed Web Address
• Gillard, E. R., Khan, A. M., Grewal, R. S., Mouradi, B., Wolfsohn, S. D., Stanley, B. G. (1998). The second messenger cyclic AMP elicits eating by an anatomically specific action in the perifornical hypothalamus. The Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 18, pp. 2646-2652.
• Gillard, E. R., Khan, A. M., Haq, A. U., Grewal, R. S., Mouradi, B., Stanley, B. G. (1997). Stimulation of eating by the second messenger cAMP in the perifornical and lateral hypothalamus. American Journal of Physiology. Vol. 273, pp. R107-R112.
• Visscher, P. K., Khan, A. M. (1995). A trap for bees remaining after swarm and colony removal. American Bee Journal. Vol. 135, pp. 567-572.
• Visscher, P. K., Vetter, R. S., Khan, A. M. (1995). The use of insecticidal soap in abatement of honey bee swarms. Bee Science. Vol. 3, pp. 179-184.

Guest Lectures in Courses

• BISC 462: Diabetes, Obesity and the Brain Guest lecture and group discussion on the topic of "Circadian rhythms, arousal mechanisms and metabolism", Fall 2009   
• BISC 221L: Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology & Physiology. Topics of guest lectures taught over Spring semester (2003-2009): glycolysis, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, membranes, mitosis, nervous systems, metabolism, meiosis and sexual life cycles, Mendelian genetics, synapse structure and function, ionic basis of resting membrane potential, synaptic and action potentials, cellular communication, animal reproduction, human fertilization & reproduction, 2003-2009  
• BISC 421: Neurobiology. Topics of guest lectures: synaptic release, B. Katz’s experiments with the squid giant synapse, Fall 2003   

Honors and Awards

• Travel Fellowship Award - 43rd Winter Conference on Brain Research, Breckenridge, CO, 2009-2010   

Service to the University

Other Service to the University

• Invited Panelist - informal discussion with Neuroscience Graduate Forum on seeking postdoctoral appointments, Spring 2008   
• Invited Speaker and Panelist, Symposium on "Academic Grant Writing for the Life Sciences"; hosted by the USC Neuroscience Graduate Forum , Spring 2006   

Service to the Profession

Conferences Organized

• Co-organizer, Spring 2003 Workshop on the Behaving Brain, Hedco Neurosciences Building, A weekly workshop with a total of seventeen speakers from UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, USC and Caltech. , Spring 2003   

Professional Memberships

• International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, 2008-  
• American Society for Neuroendocrinology, 2005-  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996-  
• Society for Neuroscience, 1996-