Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Zuri Sullivan
Faculty Spotlight

Zuri Sullivan

Assistant Professor of Biology (effective January 2026); Core Member, Whitehead Institute

Zuri Sullivan studies how interactions between the immune system and the brain affect physiology and behavior to promote host defense.

Celebrating worm science

RNA editing study finds many ways for neurons to diversify

Q&A: Picower researchers including MIT Biology faculty Sara Prescott join effort to investigate the ‘Biology of Adversity’

Neural activity helps circuit connections mature into optimal signal transmitters

Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten

Manipulating time with torpor

Cellular interactions help explain vascular complications due to COVID-19 virus infection

Study suggests how the brain, with sleep, learns meaningful maps of spaces