Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Siniša Hrvatin
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Siniša Hrvatin

Assistant Professor of Biology and Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Professor; Core Member, Whitehead Institute

Siniša Hrvatin studies states of stasis, such as mammalian torpor and hibernation, as a means to harness the potential of these biological adaptations to advance medicine.

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

3 Questions: Brady Weissbourd on a new model of nervous system form, function, and evolution

Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient

Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education

New findings reveal how neurons build and maintain their capacity to communicate