Years

2015

Associate Director: J. Matthew Kittelberger

Forbes Lecturer: William A. Catterall

T-shirt: 2015 back

Fellows

Fellows for this year
Name Project Title Institution City
All-optical functional connectomics in C. elegans. NIH Boston
Developmental impairments in regional neural stem cell niche architecture contributes to regional late-onset pathological cell death in neurodegenerative diseases. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx
Contribution of arousal pathways and local inhibition in gigantocellular area to induce wakefulness. The Rockefeller University New York
Mechanisms for developmental regulation by a nonvisual opsin. University of California at Berkeley Berkeley
The role of the cytoskeleton in mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy.
Neurodevelopment in the Cephalopod Loligo pealeii: Complex-eye morphogenesis.
Determining how the lateral nerve cord forms in live C. elegans embryos using light sheet microscopy and optogenetics. NIH Woods Hole
Computation of a command-like neuron in Drosophila larvae during multisensory integration. Janelia Research Campus Ashburn
Modeling the grid cell as abstraction of spatial structure. Brandeis University Waltham
Evaluating the roles of electrical excitability and voltage-gated calcium channels in Trichoplax adhaerens, an enigmatic animal that lacks neurons and muscle. University of Toronto Mississauga Mississauga
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis in the CNS. Yale University New Haven