John B. Redell, PhD
Ryota Homma, Ph.D.
Harel Shouval, PhD
My research focuses on identifying the rules by which changes in synaptic strength – believed to be the basis of learning, memory and development in the cortex – take place. These synapses are the means by which one neuron communicates…
David W. Marshak, PhD
A Primate Retinal Connectome The long-term goal of our research is a description of neural circuits in the primate retina at the level of synapses between identified populations of neurons, a retinal connectome. We are now collaborating with the Neitz…
M. Neal Waxham, PhD
Molecules Responsible For The Formulation And Storage Of Memories Our memories are formed and stored in cells within the nervous system. How these memories are encoded and retained throughout an individual’s lifetime is the fundamental question being investigated in this…
Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD
Dr. Heidelberger earned her undergraduate, graduate and medical degrees at Stony Brook University. As an undergraduate, Dr. Heidelberger trained in the laboratory of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr. Paul C. Lauterbur. She then performed her dissertation research under the direction of…
Claire E. Hulsebosch, PhD
Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injury results in a variety of changes that continue to be cytotoxic to cells that are at risk of dying, both nerve cells and glial cells-cells that are not nerve cells but are critical for…
Kathleen R. Gibson, PhD
What is the nature of the human mind and how did it evolve? This age-old philosophical question now holds center stage among evolutionarily-oriented anthropologists and psychologists. My own approaches to these issues have long been multi-pronged. One focus has been…
John H. Byrne, PhD
Michael Beierlein, PhD
About Dr. Beierlein Dr. Beierlein received a Diploma in Biology at the University of Tübingen, Germany and obtained his PhD with Dr. Barry Connors at Brown University. He completed his postdoctoral studies with Dr. Rafael Yuste at Columbia University and…