People

Sarah Yang

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For me, home is: Nanjing, China Prior degree(s): Neuroscience B.S., University of Michigan Research experience before PiN: Dissecting circuits of temperature sensation and interoception (Bo Duan Lab-Umich); Electrophysiological properties of retinal...

Bruce Albert Yankner

bruce_yankner@hms.harvard.edu

Professor of Genetics

The overall goal of our research is to achieve a greater understanding of the molecular basis of brain aging and how normal aging transitions to pathological aging, giving rise to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease...

Gary I. Yellen

gary_yellen@hms.harvard.edu

Professor of Neurobiology

Metabolic pathways provide essential energy and building blocks for the function of all cells, and dysregulation of these pathways is a central feature of cancer, diabetes, and obesity. The components of core metabolic pathways such as glycolysis have...

Zihao You

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For me, home is: Suzhou, China Prior degree(s): B.S. Neuroscience and B.S. Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University Research experience before PiN: Development of retinal directional-selective circuit in mice (Kolodkin Lab, JHU), Cortical astrocyte...

Tracy Young-Pearse

tyoung@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Neurology

Our lab aims to understand the in vivo functions of certain genes identified in neurodegenerative and developmental disorders of the human brain such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, lissencephaly, autism and mental retardation. We use a variety of...

Timothy W. Yu

timothy.yu@childrens.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Our lab's projects lie at the intersection of genetics, neurobiology, and bioinformatics, which we apply to understand (and treat) rare pediatric neurologic diseases. Autism genetics and neurobiology: We apply whole exome and whole genome sequencing to...

Xintong (Cindy) Yuan

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Thesis advisor: Christopher Harvey Rotation lab(s): John Assad, Christopher Harvey, Wei-Chung Lee For me, home is: Nanjing, China Undergraduate degree(s): BS Neuorscience, Cognitive Science Research experience before PiN: Undergrad research assistant at...

Junying Yuan

jyuan@hms.harvard.edu

Elizabeth D. Hay Professor of Cell Biology

We are interested in understanding the mechanisms of neurodegeneration. The experiments in our laboratory address the basic mechanisms of cell death as well as their implications in neurodegenerative diseases using cellular, genetic, molecular and...

Aixin Yue

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Thesis advisor: Wei-Chung Allen Lee Rotation labs: Michael Do, Wei-Chung Allen Lee, Albert Lee For me, home is: Beijing, China Undergraduate degree(s): BA in Biochemistry and Neuropsychology (Colby College, 2020) Research experience before PiN: DRG-spinal...

Malik Zekri

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For me, home is: Tampa, FL Prior degree(s): BS in Computer Engineering, BA in Mathematics, University of South Florida Research experience before PiN: Automated segmentation and expedited proofreading workflows/tools for connectomics (Dr. George Spirou...

Dawei Zhang

Thesis advisor: David Ginty Rotation lab(s): Chinfei Chen, Wade Regehr, David Ginty Undergraduate degree(s): BS Applied Bioscience

Lily Zhang

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Thesis lab: Christopher Harvey Rotation lab(s): Naoshige Uchida, Christopher Harvey, Samuel Gershman For me, home is: Beijing, China Undergraduate degree(s): BS Engineering and Applied Sciences (Computation and Neural Systems) Research experience before...