Neurobiology

Neurobiology

synapse formation, maintenance, and pruning • learning and memory • behavior • neuronal cell fate and diversity • axonal guidance • diseases of the nervous system

Brandon (Brady) Weissbourd
Faculty Spotlight

Brandon (Brady) Weissbourd

Assistant Professor of Biology; Investigator, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Brady Weissbourd uses jellyfish to study nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function.

Meet the MIT Bio Faculty: Sara Prescott

Individual neurons mix multiple RNA edits of key synapse protein, study finds

Individual neurons mix multiple RNA edits of key synapse protein, fly study finds

Study connects neural gene expression differences to functional distinctions

Brady Weissbourd named Klingenstein-Simons Fellow

Without a key extracellular protein, neuronal axons break and synaptic connections fall apart

3 Questions: A new model of nervous system form, function, and evolution

3 Questions: Sara Prescott on the brain-body connection