What can go awry in the structure and function of brains and how can these problems be fixed?
Faculty
Paola Arlotta
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Randy Buckner
Sosland Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Jeeyun Chung
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Catherine Dulac
Samuel W. Morris University Professor
Mark Fishman
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Rachelle Gaudet
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Takao Hensch
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jeffrey Macklis
Max and Anne Wien Professor of Life Sciences, Harvard University
Lee Rubin
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Michael Segel
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Leah Somerville
Professor of Psychology
Janet Song
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Shriya Srinivasan
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Mansi Srivastava
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Amanda Whipple
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
News and Publications
- GSAS highlights Buckner lab studentWendy Sun, an MD/PhD student in BBS, is profiled for her work in the CBS Neuroimaging Core…
- Transcriptomic analysis of the ocular posterior segment completes a cell atlas of the human eyeMonavarfeshani A, Yan W, Pappas C, Odenigbo KA, He Z, Segrè AV, van Zyl T, Hageman GS, Sanes JR. PNAS 2023 Vol. 120 No. 34 e2306153120. https://doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1073/pnas.2306153120…
- Neural mechanisms of parasite-induced summiting behavior in ‘zombie’ DrosophilaElya C, Lavrentovich D, Lee E, Pasadyn C, Duval J, Basak M, Saykina V, de Bivort BL. Elife. 2023 May 15;12:e85410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.85410. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37184212…
- Carolyn Elya profile in Gazette“Zombie” fruit fly work in Ben de Bivort’s lab is described….
- Cell atlas of the human ocular anterior segment: Tissue-specific and shared cell typesvan Zyl T, Yan W, McAdams AM, Monavarfeshani A, Hageman GS, Sanes JR….
- A preoptic neuronal population controls fever and appetite during sicknessOsterhout JA, Kapoor V, Eichhorn SW, Vaughn E, Moore JD, Liu D, Lee D, DeNardo LA, Luo L, Zhuang X, Dulac C.
Nature. 2022 Jun;606(7916):937-944….
- Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
V. Trubetskoy, A. Pardiñas, …, Randy L. Buckner,…, M. O’Donovan
Nature volume 604, pages 502–508 (2022)
… - Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes
B. Paulsen, Silvia Velasco, …, P. Arlotta
Nature volume 602, pages 268–273 (2022)
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