Faculty Profiles

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Computational and quantitative biology

Evolution of molecular and developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions

Collective cell behaviors that build tissues in live embryos

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Synaptic structure and competition

Human development, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biology

Assembly and function of neural circuits in the visual system (currently not taking students)

Neurobiology; functional organization of the retina

Microbial development and gene regulation

Fundamental questions in cell signaling and homeostasis