Harvard Brain Science Initiative - Meet a Neuroscientist

Harvard Brain Science Initiative

Meet A Neuroscientist

https://bit.ly/3vZBeXm

__________________________________________________________

Dustin Tillman, Graduate Student

Lab of Jeff Macklis, Harvard University

“...studying how neurons form complex circuits. Neurons are specialized cells in the nervous system that use electricity to transmit information with other neurons, similar to wires in a computer...In particular, he is focusing on how growth cones are different between these two types of neurons, and how improper formation of these circuits might play a role in the onset of Autism Spectrum Disorders.”

Yasmin Escobedo Lozoya, Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab of Susan Dymecki, Harvard Medical School

“Yasmin’s focus is understanding how the properties of individual neurons and their interconnections contribute to circuit dynamics...Her Ph.D. work addressed how these seemingly distinct dynamics arise and how they relate to the underlying network connectivity."

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

5:00 pm—6:15 pm

Virtual—Event Registration:

https://brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/meet-a-neuroscientist/

__________________________________________________________

Olivia Rose, Visiting Graduate Student

Lab of Carlos Ponse, Harvard Medical School

“As a member of Dr. Carlos Ponce’s lab, her research seeks to understand how the primate brain excels at recognizing faces and objects, even in crowded visual displays.”

Jeff Holt, Professor of Otolaryngology & Neurology

Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

“...he studies auditory neuroscience. In particular, research in Dr. Holt’s lab focuses on the genes and proteins in the inner ear,required to convert sound information into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain.”

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

5:00 pm—6:15 pm

Virtual—Event Registration:

https://brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/meet-a-neuroscientist-apr-2022/

__________________________________________________________