Molecular and Cellular
Shrestha, Prerana
Shrestha, Prerana (Stony Brook University) Protein synthesis dynamics in learned and innate emotional behaviors
McAllister, A. Kimberley
McAllister, A. Kimberley (UC Davis) Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse formation, function and plasticity in the healthy brain and in a range of diseases
Griffith, Leslie
Griffith, Leslie (Brandeis University) Cellular, genetic, biochemical and physiological processes that contribute to sleep and learning in Drosophila
Chen, Lulu
Chen, Lulu (UC Irvine) Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse development and function in disorders of learning and memory.
Levine, Ariel
Levine, Ariel (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Spinal cord motor circuits and cell types
Rajadhyaksha, Anjali
Rajadhyaksha, Anjali (Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences) Neuronal voltage-gated L-type Ca2 channel subunits role in experience-dependent plasticity
De Rubeis, Silvia
De Rubeis, Silvia (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Zachariou, Venetia
Zachariou, Venetia (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Signal transduction and epigenetic mechanisms underlying CNS disorders and their treatment
Coulson, Elizabeth
Coulson, Elizabeth (University of Queensland) Loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and role of neurotrophins in the normal and pathological function of these neurons
Martin, Kelsey
Martin, Kelsey (UCLA) Molecular and cell biological mechanisms underlying long-lasting memory, with a focus on changes in gene expression that mediate experience-dependent changes in neural circuitry
Babu, Kavita
Babu, Kavita (Indian Institute of Science, India) Signalling role of cell adhesion molecules at the neuromuscular junction using C. elegans as the model system
Scimemi, Annalisa
Scimemi, Annalisa (SUNY Albany) Neurotransmitter transporters and synaptic function; quantitative imaging and computer modeling
Lefebvre, Julie
Lefebvre, Julie (Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)) Developmental and molecular mechanisms of neuronal diversity and wiring
Esposito, Maria Soledad
Esposito, Maria Soledad (Medical Physics Department, CNEA, Argentina) Neurobiology of movement
Siclari, Francesca
Siclari, Francesca (CHUV, Lausanne (Switzerland)) Sleep, dreams, consciousness, Sleep’s disorders
Lüthi, Anita
Lüthi, Anita (University of Lausanne (Switzerland)) Exploration of thalamocortical networks, brain oscillations and rhythms, sensory processing during sleep, manipulation of sleep and wake states
Aits, Sonja
Aits, Sonja (Lund University) Combining artificial intelligence and biomedicine to study cell death and lysosome in neurological diseases and cancer
Aw, Sherry
Aw, Sherry (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore) Circuit and molecular mechanisms that underlie movement dysfunctions using Drosophila disease models
Prager-Khoutorsky, Masha
Prager-Khoutorsky, Masha (McGill University) Neurobiology of hypothalamic circuits controlling body fluid homeostasis
Overstreet-Wadiche, Linda
Overstreet-Wadiche, Linda (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Functional characteristics of neurons in the dentate gyrus
Sodhi, Monsheel
Sodhi, Monsheel (Loyola University Chicago) Molecular basis of psychiatric disorders that increase the risk of suicide
Cai, Denise
Cai, Denise (Mount Sinai) Cellular and circuit mechanisms for how memories change across time and experience; development of open-source tools and neurotechnology
Veruki, Margaret
Veruki, Margaret (University of Bergen, Norway) Neural circuits and synaptic physiology in the retina
Kaltschmidt, Julia
Kaltschmidt, Julia (Stanford University) Neuronal circuitry underlying locomotion, sexual function and motility
Rodal, Avi
Rodal, Avi (Brandeis) Membrane trafficking and membrane organization at synapses
Rodal, Avi
Rodal, Avi (Brandeis) Membrane trafficking and membrane organization at synapses
Fioravante, Diasynou
Fioravante, Diasynou (University of California, Davis) Neurophysiology of small neural networks for learning and memory
Keleman, Krystyna
Keleman, Krystyna (Janelia Research Campus) Fly courtship & memory; neural circuits & plasticity
DeNardo, Laura
DeNardo, Laura (UCLA) Cortical circuits underlying adaptive behaviors
Hidalgo, Alicia
Hidalgo, Alicia (University of Birmingham) Structural plasticity in the central nervous system, in health, in development, regeneration and repair
Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe
Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe (University of Toronto Scarborough) Understanding how the maturation of sensitive brain circuits underlies the emergence of complex behaviour and sensitivity to stress in mice
Bagot, Rosemary
Bagot, Rosemary (McGill University) Circuit and molecular mechanisms of altered brain function underlying depression
Schmidt, Tiffany
Schmidt, Tiffany (Northwestern University) Mapping visual circuits from retinal function to visual behavior
Bloom, Ona
Bloom, Ona (Feinstein Institute Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell) Response to traumatic spinal cord injury in humans and animal models
Morgan, Jennifer
Morgan, Jennifer (Marine Biological Laboratory) Synaptic mechanisms associated with neurodegenerative and regenerative processes
Clemens, Kelly
Clemens, Kelly (University of New South Wales) Behavioural neurobiology of nicotine addiction
Schnell, Bettina
Schnell, Bettina (Caesar/ Max Planck) Neurobiology of flight control in Drosophila
Hong, Elizabeth
Hong, Elizabeth (Caltech) Synaptic physiology and neural computation in Drosophila
Singhvi, Aakanksha
Singhvi, Aakanksha (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centerq) Glial modulation of neuron shape, functions and animal behavior
Williams, Megan
Williams, Megan (University of Utah) The role of selective cell adhesion in synapse formation and function
Monteggia, Lisa
Monteggia, Lisa (UT Southwestern) Synaptic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders and treatments
Sousa-Nunes, Rita
Sousa-Nunes, Rita (King’s College London) Neurogenesis and cancer
Sahara, Setsuko
Sahara, Setsuko (King’s College London) Development of the mammalian neocortex
Andreae, Laura
Andreae, Laura (King’s College London) Neuronal circuit and synapse formation during development
Heron, Rosalind
Heron, Rosalind (University of Glasgow) Neuronal function in relation to learning and memory, the regulation of fat metabolism, and recovery from peripheral nerve damage
Carreira, Maria B
Carreira, Maria B (INDICASAT AIP) Biology of Alzheimer’s disease using cellular and animal models
Josselyn, Sheena
Josselyn, Sheena (University of Toronto) Understanding how the brain encodes, stores, manipulates and extract information from memories
Bobeck, Erin
Bobeck, Erin (Utah State University) Molecular mechanisms of pain and opioid addiction
de la Prida, Liset
de la Prida, Liset (Instituto Cajal CSIC) Hippocampal oscillations in health and disease
Calakos, Nicole
Calakos, Nicole (Duke University) Synaptic plasticity mechanisms for adaptive & maladaptive behavior involving the basal ganglia
Giocomo, Lisa
Giocomo, Lisa (Stanford University) Neural representations of spatial memory and navigation
Pala, Aurélie
Raman, Indira
Raman, Indira (Northwestern University) Synaptic and biophysical mechanisms of cerebellar function
Polter, Abigail
Polter, Abigail (George Washington University) Synaptic and peptidergic regulation of monoamine circuits
Grissom, Nicola
Grissom, Nicola (University of Minnesota) Molecular mechanisms underlying decision making
Dus, Monica
Dus, Monica (University of Michigan) Neuroepigenetics of feeding circuits in Drosophila
Tong, Michelle
Tong, Michelle (Earlham College) Molecular mechanisms of olfactory memory
Dona, Erika
Dona, Erika (MRC LMB, Cambridge) Developmental genetic basis and behavioural significance of sexually dimorphic circuits
Borgland, Stephanie
Borgland, Stephanie (Univ. of Calgary) Synaptic plasticity in circuits underlying motivated behaviour
Sadri-Vakili, Ghazaleh
Goodman, Miriam
Goodman, Miriam (Stanford) Sensory mechanotransduction and thermotransduction in C.elegans
Meredith, Andrea
Meredith, Andrea (U. Maryland Medical School) Ion channels, circadian rhythms in neuronal activity and circuits
Sivilotti, Lucia
Sivilotti, Lucia (UCL) Single-molecule function of ion channels in the nicotinic superfamily
Pedarzani, Paola
Pedarzani, Paola (UCL) Ion channels and the regulation of membrane excitability and firing properties of neurones
Schwarz, Lindsay
Alberini, Cristina
Alberini, Cristina (NYU) Molecular mechanisms of Long-term memory
Ehrlich, Ingrid
Ehrlich, Ingrid (University of Tuebingen) Cellular and synaptic basis of fear conditioning and extinction.
DeNardo, Lara
DeNardo, Lara (Stanford) Role of prefrontal cortex in remote fear memory retrieval; circuit mapping tools
Stern, Sarah
Stern, Sarah (Rockefeller University) Regulation of innate behaviors by learning
Riabinina, Olena
Riabinina, Olena (Univ. of Manchester) Insect sensory neuroscience and genetics
Galliano, Elisa
Galliano, Elisa (King’s College London/ Harvard University) Development, plasticity and learning in olfactory circuits
Wefelmeyer, Winnie
Wefelmeyer, Winnie (King’s College London) Homeostatic plasticity; Axon Initial Segment regulation
Lim, Lynette
Lim, Lynette (King’s College London) Interneuron cell-type specification and development
Sylwestrak, Emily
Sylwestrak, Emily (Stanford) High-throughput molecular phenotyping of brain tissue
Kaun, Karla
Kaun, Karla (Brown University) Mechanisms of memory, reward and addiction in the fruit fly
Tronson, Natalie
Tronson, Natalie (Univ. of Michigan) Molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory
Heckscher, Ellie
Heckscher, Ellie (University of Chicago) Development and Function of Neural Circuits in the Sensorimotor System
Sanchez-Vives, Mavi
Sanchez-Vives, Mavi (ICREA- Institute of Biomedical Research, Barcelona) Spontaneous emergent activity, slow oscillations, brain states, immersive virtual reality, body representation
Gall, Christine
Gall, Christine (UC Irvine) Neuroplasticity and neuronal survival
Goshen, Inbal
Goshen, Inbal (The Hebrew University) Hippocampal neurons and glia in recent and remote memory
Creed, Meaghan
Creed, Meaghan (University of Maryland) Synaptic transmission and plasticity in the reward system
Fitzgerald, Melinda
Fitzgerald, Melinda (University of Western Australia) Mechanisms and treatment of neurotrauma
Rico, Beatriz
Rico, Beatriz (King’s College London) Neural circuit assembly and brain disorders
Houart, Corinne
Houart, Corinne (King’s College London) Comparative studies of CNS development
Clopath, Claudia
Clopath, Claudia (Imperial College) Computational approaches to learning and memory
Blackwell, Kim
Blackwell, Kim (George Mason University) Signaling pathways involved in long term memory
Keck, Tara
Keck, Tara (UCL) Imaging plasticity and adaptation of circuits in vivo
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori (University of Toronto) Physiological mechanisms underlying memory
Boulanger, Lisa
Boulanger, Lisa (Princeton University) Immune proteins in the formation and function of neuronal connectivity
Bradshaw, Heather
Bradshaw, Heather (Indiana University) Cannabinoid-related lipid signaling in the CNS
Skinner, Frances
Skinner, Frances (Krembil Research Institute and Univ Toronto) Modeling cellular-based hippocampal activities
Venton, Jill
Venton, Jill (University of Virginia) Neurotransmitter dynamics in rodents and Drosophila
Butler, Samantha
Butler, Samantha (UCLA) Development and regeneration of spinal cord Neural Circuitry
Brennand, Kristen
Brennand, Kristen (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Stem cell models of Psychiatric disorders
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