Sonal Jhaveri

Education
1968 B. Sci., St. Xavier's College, Bombay, India
1970 B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1973 M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1978 Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Professional Positions
1978-1981: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School.
1987: Visiting Scientist, Department of Biology, M.I.T.
1982-1988: Research Scientist, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, M.I.T.
1991: Professeur Invite, Faculte de Medicine, Institut d'Anatomie, Universite de Lausanne.
1989-1998: Principal Research Scientist, Dept. Brain & Cognitive Sciences, M.I.T.
1998-present: Senior Research Scientist, Dept. Brain & Cognitive Sciences, M.I.T.
2000-2001: Staff Scientist, Dept. of Medicine, B.I. Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
2000-present: Associate Scientist, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Harvard Med School.

Awards and Other Professional Activities (selected):
1966-1968: H.H. Bhabha Fellowship in Physics, Bombay University, India
1972-1973 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, M.I.T.
1974-1976 Jeffrey Wyman Fellowship, Harvard University
1981-1982 Spinal Cord Injury Foundation Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, M.I.T.
1993-1997 Member, NIH Initial Review Group, NIH Visual Sciences B, NINDS (ad hoc, regular)
1997-1999 Program Committee, Barrels Meeting (Satellite Conf, Annual Mtg Soc for Neuroscience)
2000-2001 Professional Opportunities for Women in Res. & Educ. (POWRE) Award, NSF.

Publications (selected)

• Kalil, R.E., Jhaveri, S.R., Richards, W. (1971) Anomalous retinal pathways in the Siamese cat. An inadequate substrate for normal binocular vision. Science, 174: 302-305.
• Jhaveri, S., Morest, D.K. (1982) Neuronal architecture of nucleus magnocellularis in the auditory system of chickens, with observations on nucleus laminaris. Neuroscience 7: 809-836.
• Jhaveri, S., Morest, D.K. (1982) Sequential alterations in nucleus magnocellularis of chicken embryos: A Golgi study. Neuroscience 7: 837-853.
• Lichtman, J.W., Jhaveri, S., Frank, E. (1984) Specificity of connections between sensory axons and motor neurons in the bullfrog's brachial spinal cord. J. Neuroscience, 4: 1754-1763.
• Moya, K.L., Benowitz, L.I., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1987) Enhanced visualization of axonally transported proteins in the immature CNS by suppression of systemic labeling. Dev. Brain Res., 31: 183-191.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1988) Distribution of morphologically different retinal axon terminals in the hamster dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. Brain Res., 461: 175-182.
• Moya, K.L., Benowitz, L.I., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1988) Changes in rapidly transported proteins in developing hamster retinofugal axons. J. Neurosci. 8: 4445-4454.
• Naegele, J.R., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (l988) Sharpening of topographical projections and maturation of geniculo-cortical axon arbors in the hamster. J. Comp. Neurol., 277: 593-607.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S., Moya, K.L., Benowitz, L.I. (1989) Peripheral nerve regeneration induces elevated expression of GAP-43 in the brainstem trigeminal complex of adult hamsters. Brain Res., 498: 135-139.
• Moya, K.L., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E., Benowitz, L.I. (1989) Immunohistochemical locali-zation of GAP-43 in the developing hamster retinofugal pathway. J. Comp. Neurol., 288: 51-58.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S. (1990) Thalamic axons confer the blueprint of the sensory periphery onto the developing rat somatosensory cortex. Dev. Brain Res., 56: 229-234.
• Jhaveri, S., Erzurumlu, R.S., Crossin, K. (1991) Barrel construction in rodent neocortex: Role of thalamic afferents versus extracellular matrix molecules. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA, 88: 4489-4493.
• Erzurumlu, RS, Jhaveri S (1992) Emergence of connectivity in the embryonic rat parietal cortex. Cer. Cortex, 2: 336-356.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S. (1992) Trigeminal ganglion cell processes are spatially ordered prior to the differentiation of the vibrissa pad. J. Neurosci., 12: 3946-3955.
• Jhaveri, S., Erzurumlu, R.S. (1992) Two phases of pattern formation in the developing rodent trigeminal system. In: Development of the Central Nervous System in Vertebrates (Eds. S. C. Sharma and A. M. Goffinet), Plenum Press, N.Y., pp. 167-178.
• Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1993) Pathway navigation and target innervation in the visual system. In: The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. The Harvard System. (Eds.) DM Albert, FA Jakobiec. Saunders Co., Phila, pp. 511-521.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S., Takahashi, H., McKay, R.G.D. (1993) Target-derived influences on axon growth modes. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci., 90: 7235-7239.
• Jhaveri, S (1993) The midline glia of the tectum: a barrier for developing retinal axons. Persp. Dev. Neur., 4: 237-243.
• Li, Y., Erzurumlu, R.S., Chen, C., Jhaveri, S., Tonegawa, S. (1994) Whisker-related neuronal patterns fail to develop in the trigeminal brainstem nuclei of NMDAR1 knockout mice. Cell, 76: 1-20.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., McKay, R.D.G., Jhaveri, S. (1994) Morphological specification of trigeminal neurites depends on target fields. Dev. Brain Res., 83: 132-137.
• Wu, D.Y., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1995) The glial environment in the developing superior colliculus of hamsters in relation to retinal axon ingrowth. J Comp Neurol, 358: 206-218.
• Chen, D.F., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1995) Intrinsic changes in developing retinal neurons result in regenerative failure of their axons. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. 92: 7287-7291.
• Erzurumlu, R.S., Jhaveri, S. (1995) Target influences on the morphology of trigeminal axons. Exp. Neurol., 135: 1-16.
• Jhaveri, S., Erzurumlu, R.S., Schneider, G.E. (1996) The optic tract in embryonic hamsters: fasciculation, defasciculation and other rearrangements of retinal axons. Visual Neuroscience, 13: 359-374.
• Jhaveri, S, Erzurumlu, RS, Laywell ED, Steindler DA, Albers K, Davis BD (1996) Excess NGF in the periphery does not obscure the development of whisker-related patterns in rodent brain. J. Comp. Neurol., 374: 41-51.
• Ling, C., Jhaveri, S., Schneider, G.E. (1997) Target- as well as source-derived factors direct the morphogenesis of anomalous retinothalamic projections. J. Comp. Neurol., 388: 454-466.
• Ling, C., Schneider, G.E., Northmore, D., Jhaveri, S. (1997) Afferents from the retina, cortex and colliculus have distinct terminal morphologies in the lateral posterior thalamic nucleus. J Comp Neurol., 388: 467-483.
• Hoffman-Kim, D., Lander, A., Jhaveri, S. (1998) Patterns of chondroitin sulfate immunoreactivity in the developing tectum reflect regional differences in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis. J Neurosci, 18: 5881-90.
• Wu D.-Y., Schneider G.E., Silver J., Poston M., Jhaveri S. (1998) A role for tectal glia in the unilateral containment of retino-collicular axons. J Neuroscience 18: 8344-8355.
• Jhaveri S, Erzurumlu RS, Chiaia N, Kumar TR, Matzuk MM (1998) Defective whisker follicles and altered brainstem patterns in activin and follistatin knockout mice. Mol Cell Neurobiol, 12:206-219.
• Vercelli A., Garbossa D., Biasiol S., Jhaveri S. (2000) NOS inhibition during postnatal development leads to increased ipsilateral retinocollicular and retinogeniculate projections in rats. Eur J Neurosci, 12:473-490.
• Lyckman A.W., Moya K.L., Confaloni A., Jhaveri S. (2000) Early postnatal expression of L1 by retinal fibers in the optic tract and synaptic targets of the Syrian hamster. J Comp Neurol, 423: 40-51.
• Lyckman A.W., Jhaveri S., Feldheim D.A., Vanderhagen P., Flanagan J.G., Sur M. (2001) Enhanced plasticity of retinothalamic projections in an EphrinA2/A5 double mutant. J Neurosci 21: 7684-7690.