Neurobiology

John Assad, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

Our laboratory uses electrophysiological recording techniques in awake, be- having monkeys to explore mechanisms underlying visual perception. Our focus is on "How does what we know influence what we see?" ...[ full text ]

Bruce P. Bean, Ph.D

Professor of Neurobiology

Each neuron in the brain possesses about 30 different types of ion channels, molecular pores in the membrane of the neuron...[ full text ]

Richard T. Born, M.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

My lab is interested in the neural circuitry of the primate visual cortex and how it relates to perception and visually guided behavior. Our current focus is on areas of the brain that make calculations about out visual motion...[ full text ]

David Cardozo, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Most of my efforts have been directed towards medical student education. This includes developing and teaching the Human Nervous System and Behavior course for second year medical and dental students....[ full text ]

David E. Clapham, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Aldo R. Castaneda Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Children's Hospital
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

For more about Dr. Clapham, please visit:
http://clapham.tch.harvard.edu/
http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/clapham_bio.html

Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

Our research focuses on the fundamental mechanisms involved in information transfer between nerve cells or between nerve and muscle. ...[ full text ]

David P. Corey, Ph.D.

Interim Chair and Professor of Neurobiology

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

We are interested in the gating of mechanically sensitive ion channels, which open in response to force on the channel proteins....[ full text ]

Ruth Anne Eatock, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in Otology and Laryngology
Associate Professor of Neurobiology

We are interested in hair cells and their afferent neurons as models of several kinds of processing by cells of the nervous system.....[ full text ]

Edwin J. Furshpan, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Neurobiology

I am currently in a state of "semiretirement". I have closed my laboratory, but continue to work full time in teaching and outreach activities....[ full text ]

Lisa V. Goodrich, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

We are interested in the development of neural circuits, from the determination and differentiation of neurons to the formation of axonal connections and ultimately the generation of behavior...[ full text ]

Michael E. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
F.M. Kirby Director of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital

Research in the Greenberg lab has focused on identifying the mechanisms by which extracellular stimuli trigger cellular responses that are critical for proliferation, differentiation and survival of cells in the developing nervous system, and for the adaptive responses of neurons in the mature nervous system....[ full text ]

Chenghua Gu, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Nervous and vascular systems share many features, despite their distinct functions. Developmentally, they are formed around the same time, and both continue to dynamically remodel throughout life....[ full text ]

David H. Hubel, M.D.

Research Professor of Neurobiology

We are interested in learning how the activation of brain cells is related to an animal's environment and be-havior. ...[ full text ]

Edward A. Kravitz, Ph.D.

George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology

GENETIC MANIPULATIONS IN THE FRUIT FLY FIGHT CLUG: Aggression is a nearly universal feature of the behavior of social animals. ...[ full text ]

Margaret S. Livingstone, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

We are interested in how cells in the visual system process information. Previous emphasis in the lab was on the parallel processing of different kinds of visual information: form, color, depth, and movement...[ full text ]

Qiufu Ma, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Research Associate in Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

We are interested in investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of pain sensory circuitry...[ full text ]

Joseph B. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.

Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology

Joseph Boyd Martin, M.D., Ph.D., Edwin R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, served as Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Medicine from 1997 to 2007. [ full text ]

John H.R. Maunsell, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Our research is aimed at understanding how neuronal signals in visual cerebral cortex generate perceptions and guide behavior...[ full text ]

David L. Paul, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

We study the molecular structure and function of gap junctions, collec- tions of intercellular channels that allow the direct movement of small molecules between cells...[ full text ]

David D. Potter, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Neurobiology

The culture of dis- sociated neurons offers advantages in studying these functions, including enhanced control of the cellular and fluid environment of the neurons, good visibility, and easy access for electrical recording...[ full text ]

Elio Raviola, M.D., Ph.D.

Bullard Professor of Neurobiology

The objective of our research is to understand how the retina of mammals analyzes the visual world and encodes its spatial, temporal and chromatic contrast into a message of action potentials for safe sending to the brain...[full text]

Wade Regehr, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

My long-term goal is to determine how presynaptic neurons influence the firing of their targets and to understand how physiologically significant computations are performed by synapses...[full text]

R. Clay Reid, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology

We study the general question of how visual information is transformed between the lateral geniculate nu-cleus of the thalamus (LGN) and layer 4 of the primary visual cortex...[full text]

Bernardo Sabatini, M.D, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

The modification of synaptic connections between neurons is thought to underlie our ability to form memories and acquire new behaviors...[full text]

Dietmar Schmucker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

My laboratory uses the model organism Drosophila (fruit fly) to study molecular mechanisms that control the development of neuronal connectivity...[full text]

Thomas L. Schwarz, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Children's Hospital

The Schwarz lab has two primary interests: the mechanism of secretion of neurotransmitter at the synapse, and the function of K+ channels in their cellular milieu...[full text]

Rosalind Segal, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Our lab is interested in mechanisms whereby extracellular stimuli regulate proliferation and survival in the developing nervous system...[full text]

Charles J. Weitz, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert Henry Pfeiffer Professor of Neurobiology

We study the molecular biology and genetics of circadian clocks, endogenous oscillators that drive daily rhythms in behavior and physiology...[full text]

Rachel I. Wilson , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

The goal of our research is to understand how sensory stimuli are encoded in a relatively simple, genetically tractable brain-that of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster...[full text]

Gary Yellen, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology
Director of the Program in Neuroscience

My laboratory uses single channel biophysics and directed mutagenesis to relate ion channel function to structure...[full text]