Neurobiology
Faculty
Brain circuits mediating motivated behaviors; addiction, pain and depression
How social behavior changes neurons and their connections in the brain
Protein folding, protein quality control, amyloid and misfolding diseases
Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, memory, and thermoregulation
Protein quality control and molecular mechanisms of disease
Evolution and development, specifically the evolution of the deuterostomes
Genetic analysis of neural circuit organization and assembly in flies and mice
Determination of neuronal cell fates and connectivity
Evolutionary innovations in physiology and behavior from molecules to ecosystems
Neuron death, stress, gene therapy
How experience tunes up brain circuits during critical periods of development
Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation
Molecular probes and technology applied to mitochondria, synapses, and RNA
