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Living in Boston

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Whether you're an art or history buff, a music lover, a foodie, a sports fan, or an outdoor enthusiast, Boston has something for you! A vibrant, accessible city built around an extensive network of urban green spaces and situated within an hour-and-a-half...

Campus Life

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In partnership with faculty, postdocs, junior trainees, and staff across PiN, the Department of Neurobiology, the Harvard Brain Science Initiative (HBI), the HMS Office for Graduate Education (OGE), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and individual...

Academic Support

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Academic Resource Center The ARC helps create conditions for optimizing student learning by providing a range of support services that draw on research in the behavioral and learning sciences. Students have access to academic coaching, accountability...

USN receive Dean's Community Service Award

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The Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience (USN), under the leadership of co-presidents Sal Brito and Busola Olukoya, receive the 2021 Dean's Community Service Award for spearheading anti-racist initiatives in PiN and the HMS Department of Neurobiology...

Jasper Phelps featured in HMS Neural Cartography news

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New x-ray microscopy technique enables comprehensive imaging of dense neural circuits. Wei-Chung Allen Lee’s lab, which studies the organization and function of neural circuits, collaborated with Alexandra Pacureanu, a scientist at the European...

Program Directors & Staff

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John Assad, Program Director John originally hails from Buffalo, NY, and has spent much time abroad with his family in Italy. Himself a graduate of PiN, he is grateful for the opportunity to give back to the program. John loves partnering with students on...

PiN Student Retreat

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Since 1984 PiN has held a student-run retreat at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, the weekend after Labor Day each year. Students stay in cottages, prepare group meals, listen to talks by more senior students, and spend time on the beach or...

International Students

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The Harvard International Office (HIO) provides advising and other resources for international students across the University. The HIO advisor for PiN students is Jennifer Havlicek. Please see below for a summary of resources that may be of particular...

Repairing DNA Damage in Neurons

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Researchers discover a mechanism used by neurons to repair damage that occurs during neuronal activity. PiN student Daniel Gilliam is co-first author of paper appearing in Nature. “Use it or lose it” goes the adage, applied liberally to everything from...

PiN Orientation

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Welcome and orientation events for incoming PiN students providing a well-rounded introduction to the PiN community and laying a pedagogical foundation for skills development in the first year.

Annual all-PiN Lunch

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Informal annual review of the program, driven by student feedback.

PiN Admissions Open House

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Attend the PiN Open House to learn more about our program! Panelists will include John Assad (Director), Chinfei Chen (Assistant Director), Chris Harvey (Admissions Chair), and current students.