MCO Faculty

Developing approaches to aid neuronal regeneration in the context of neurodegenerative diseases of the cortical output circuitry; modulating neuronal function in psychiatric diseases affecting cortical microcircuitry

Sensory biology and cell physiology

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) The molecular and neural circuit basis of behavioral individuality.

Cellular fat metabolism and inter-organelle communication

Combining optics, protein engineering, chemistry, electrophysiology, simulation, and theory, at the levels of individual molecules, single cells, and whole, genetically modified, organisms.

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Mechanisms of parasitic behavior manipulation across molecules, cells and circuits.

Synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, development of functional networks and links to behaviour

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

(Not Accepting Graduate Students) The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

Synaptic structure and competition

mathematical sciences

Neuronal cell biology, neural circuits and olfaction

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Neural mechanisms underlying motor sequence learning

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

Human development, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biology

Circuits and Behavior

Biology of aging through the lens of developmental timing and lifespan evolution.

Neurobiology of perception and decision making

Non-coding RNA biology, imprinted gene expression regulation, neurobiology

Molecular and circuit mechanisms underlying behavior and plasticity

Single-molecule and super-resolution studies of cellular processes

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