The Elya lab focuses on unraveling the mechanisms by which parasitic fungi manipulate animal behavior, using the lab-tractable "zombie fly" model system (Drosophila melanogaster infected with the fungal parasite Entomophthora muscae). Zombie flies flies...
Our lab studies the molecular and cellular basis of novel organismic physiology and behavior. We emphasize curiosity-driven science and exploration, using comparative approaches featuring a range of unusual and specialized organisms that are uniquely...
We are a collaborative group of genome editing scientists at the Translational Neuroscience Center of Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School department of Neurology. We strive to develop gene-based therapeutics for genetic neurological...
Our translational research focuses on applying electrophysiological measures, imaging modalities, and innovative bioengineering approaches to diagnose and treat neuromuscular disorders. These techniques include electrical impedance myography...
A remarkable change occurs in our brains each night, making us lose the essence of who we are for hours at a time: we fall asleep. A process so familiar to us, sleep nevertheless remains among the most mysterious phenomena in biology. The goal of our...
The human brain is a highly organized structure containing myriad axon tracts that follow precise pathways and make predictable connections, yet only a handful of human disorders clearly resulting from errors in axon growth and guidance have been...
As we age, our brains lose neurons, which cannot be replenished. When neuronal loss reaches above certain threshold, people develop devastating symptoms, such as dementia for Alzheimer's and movement disability for Parkinson's. There is no disease...
Vik Khurana M.D. Ph.D. is the inaugural incumbent of the Tracy T. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Neurology at MassGeneral Brigham, Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical...