I lead a team that bridges master’s and PhD education to support curricular and instructional innovation across the full portfolio of HMS graduate programs. Through that work and my own scholarship, current areas of focus include helping our educators and...
The brain-CSF interface: Neural stem cells and disease
Defined numbers of neural precursor cells are remarkably synchronized in their task to form the brain, yet no central command coordinating this process has been identified. Neural precursors divide...
The goal of our laboratory is to understand the mechanisms that underlie synaptic plasticity in the developing and mature mammalian central nervous system. We use a combination of tools, including electrophysiological, in vitro and in vivo optical...
In our lab in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, we worked for many years with non-human primates (NHPs) on a wide variety of questions, including neuronal mechanisms of attention, inference and flexible coding in parietal cortex...
Our lab studies the development, function, and dysfunction of somatosensory and viscerosensory circuits that mediate our sense of touch and sensations from the gastrointestinal (GI) system, respectively. We are interested in how sensory experience...
Our group investigates the multifaceted influence of light on mammals. How does the retina produce visual information? How is this information processed within the brain for functions that are as diverse as perception and the regulation of circadian...
Our mission is to understand the mechanisms and functions of neural computations through the lens of spatial navigation.
We use the brain of the fruit fly Drosophila to investigate these questions. The genetic toolbox of this organism allows us to...
Our goal is to understand molecular mechanisms that underlie functions and plasticity of release sites for neurotransmitters and neuromodulators.
Neurons predominantly communicate through fast neurotransmission at synapses. Synaptic and neuronal activity...
Cognition, perception, and behavior all rely on the activity of precisely organized networks of neurons. We have a strong understanding of the basic developmental mechanisms that guide circuit assembly, from cell fate determination to axon guidance to...