Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Rudolf Jaenisch
Faculty Spotlight

Rudolf Jaenisch

Professor of Biology; Member, Whitehead Institute; Member, Institute of Medicine

Rudolf Jaenisch uses pluripotent cells (ES and iPS cells) to study the genetic and epigenetic basis of human diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism and cancer.

‘What Were you Thinking?’

A pivot from accounting to neuroscience

Mapping the cellular circuits behind spitting

Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’

Our gut-brain connection

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that encodes timing of events

Playing chess, not checkers

Aspiring physician explores the many levels of human health