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In our new study published in Nature Neuroscience, we found evidence that rodent brains use a specific form of learning called temporal difference (TD) learning. TD learning has…
Good or bad experiences associated with smells are thought to become strongly ingrained in memory, even more so than memories associated with sights, sounds, and other senses. Where…
Postdoc Jennifer Chen is exploring the evolution of innate behaviors in closely related species of deer mice. She conducts research jointly in the Hoekstra Lab, which specializes in…
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in recognition of his contributions to neuroscience. Sanes currently serves as Co-Director of the Harvard Brain Sciences Initiative. At the ceremony on June…
When humans have an infection, like a cold or the flu, they are fatigued and achy, have a reduced appetite and elevated body temperature (aka a fever). Remarkably…
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Harvard Center for Biological Imaging are delighted to welcome Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell to present his latest research in…
MCB Visiting Professor Haim Sompolinsky, who also runs a lab at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been named as a recipient of the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. Established…
Commencement 2022 will take place tomorrow, and we at MCB would like to congratulate the graduating classes. Despite the challenges of the past couple of years, these incredible…
MCB’s Community Task Force (CTF) on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging will host an open house at 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 19 on Zoom. Delegates from the CTF…
In a project jointly led by the Kunes and Engert laboratories, co-first authors Caroline Wee, Erin Song, and Maxim Nikitchenko used the larval zebrafish to take a deep…
