Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Sara Prescott
Faculty Spotlight

Sara Prescott

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

Sara Prescott investigates how sensory inputs from within the body control mammalian physiology and behavior.

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