Jane Southall Bottenstein

B.A. in Psychology UCLA 1971 and Ph.D. in Neuroscience UCLA 1976. Professor at UCLA first and then at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Retired in 2006 and moved close to family in 2010. I now live in a golfing community Sun City Grand near Phoenix AZ.

Marengo Elementary
Other Non-SP schools: Numerous elementary and junior high schools in-between, including the American School, Ashiya Japan (5th grade) and Villa Cabrini Academy, Burbank (4th grade and 9th grade) Chaffey High School, Ontario South Pasadena High School Hollywood High School

Fort Sill OK, South Pasadena CA, Ashiya Japan, Ontario CA, Hollywood CA, Beverly Hills CA, Sherman Oaks CA, Del Mar CA, Encinitas CA, Westwood CA, Galveston TX, League City TX, Surprise AZ.

Marengo Elementary School, South Pasadena (1st grade) Numerous elementary and junior high schools in-between, including the American School, Ashiya Japan (5th grade) and Villa Cabrini Academy, Burbank (4th grade and 9th grade) Chaffey High School, Ontario South Pasadena High School Hollywood High School

Jessie Huehn (Otterstrom) 1958
Nora (Miriam) Van Dycke (Lloyd) 1956 (deceased)

Motherhood and grandmotherhood. Graduating from UCLA with a B.A. and Ph.D. Received National Institutes of Health Research Career Award; published two books in the Neuroscience field and numerous articles in scientific journals and books; and mentored many graduate and medical students as well as postdoctoral fellows from many countries. Traveled in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. I know that friends and family are a gift, that a career can be very satisfying, that traveling broadens your world view, that learning and adapting should be lifelong goals, and that love is a wondrous thing.

Reading, golf, computers.

Classic rock, modern and smooth jazz, some electronic/techno, some new age, and definitely classical. Crosby, Stills, and Nash; Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis; and J.S. Bach.

European and Russian classics; political, historical, and especially scientific non-fiction; mysteries and hard sci-fi books. The Economist and Macworld magazines. Drama, sci-fi, documentary, and biography movies. Forensic drama, mystery, news, and travel TV programs.

Retirement nirvana, family, friends, some travel, and improving my golf game.

Things you probably don't know about me: Since I was a child I can write backwards (mirror writing) as in Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks. I can also write backwards and upside down simultaneously. It is a natural trait and not a learned one. I resided in Ashiya, Japan in 1950 (age 10) during the American Occupation after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings at the end of the Second World War. I have remained in contact with a 10 year old neighbor Japanese friend and we have co-visited each other several times in the last 71 years now (currently 2021).

My writings, articles, & books: Cell Culture in the Neurosciences (1985) Neural Stem Cells: Development and Transplantation (2003) Numerous scientific journal articles and book chapters in field of developmental neuroscience (1976-2006)