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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

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

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