MCN Faculty and Research Areas Click a card to go to an investigator's lab website. Mark Bear Modification of the cerebral cortex by sensory experience Ed Boyden Development of neural control tools and application to brain disorders Gloria Choi Mechanisms of sensory representation in brain circuits Kwanghun Chung Imaging technology for large-scale brain mapping Olivia Corradin Human genetics and gene dysregulation in multiple sclerosis and opioid addiction Linlin Fan All-optical physiological techniques to probe plasticity mechanisms of learning and memory Michale Fee How the brain learns and generates complex sequential behaviors Guoping Feng Molecular mechanisms of synaptic and circuitry development and psychiatric disorders Steven Flavell Neural mechanisms that generate persistent behavioral states Ann Graybiel Neurophysiology of the limbic system Leonard Guarente Effects of SIRT1 on neurodegenerative diseases and cognition Mark Harnett Dendrites and neuronal computation Myriam Heiman Cell-type specific mRNA profiling in mouse models of neurodegeneration H. Robert Horvitz Genetics of nervous system development and function in C. elegans David Housman Pathology mechanisms and genetic modifiers in Huntington’s Disease Sinisa Hrvatin Mammalian torpor and hibernation: neuronal circuits, cellular adaptations, and human applications Rudolf Jaenisch Epigenetic control of brain development and function Ankur Jain RNA self-assembly in cell organization and neurodegenerative disease Alan Jasanoff Non-invasive functional imaging methods to study neural behavior Troy Littleton Synapse formation, function, and plasticity in Drosophila Elly Nedivi Characterization of genes involved in CNS structural and synaptic plasticity Sara Prescott Neurobiology of homeostasis and internal sensory systems Peter Reddien Genetic control of nervous system regeneration in planarians Morgan Sheng Synaptic plasticity, neurodegeneration, therapeutics, psychiatric disorders Mriganka Sur Plasticity mechanisms in the developing and adult cerebral cortex Susumu Tonegawa Genetic approaches to learning and memory circuits in mice Li-Huei Tsai Mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and epigenetic regulation of learning and memory Fan Wang Neurons and circuits for somatosensation and movements Brandon Weissbourd Systems and evolutionary neuroscience using jellyfish Matt Wilson Neuronal plasticity, ensemble representations, learning and sleep Feng Zhang Neuroengineering: Molecular and optical control of activity and stem cell selection
