Harvard University Office of Technology Development Collaborative Research Opportunity Finder

1. Catherine Dulac, PhD

   Molecular and neuronal basis of murine innate social behaviors

   Study neuronal circuits in the mouse involved with pheromone signaling in terms of their development, processing, architecture, and function; investigate the role genomic imprinting role in mammalian ...

   

2. Venkatesh Murthy, PhD

   Synaptic plasticity; neuronal circuits and adaptation in the rodent olfactory system

   Study synaptic plasticity in the rodent brain to understand compensation mechanisms, how neurons maintain stable function during perturbations; understand the function of neuronal circuits in the ...

   

3. Alexander Schier, PhD

   Zebrafish as a drug profiling model for sleep disorders

   Chronic sleep disturbance is a problem for a significant number of Americans, but the mechanisms that control sleep and wakefulness are largely unknown. The Schier lab is using zebrafish to ...

   

Research Categories

Biological Mechanisms and Pathways

Central Nervous System

Sub-categories

1. Biologic Specialties (i.e., -ologies; -omics):

   1. Bacteriology»
   2. Bioengineering»
   3. Bioinformatics»
   4. Cell-type specific gene expression»
   5. Chemical biology»
   6. Chemical ecology»
   7. Comparative pathology»
   8. Computational biology»
   9. Computational genomics»
   10. Connectomics»
   11. Developmental biology»
   12. Electrophysiology»
   13. Environmental regulation»
   14. Evolution»
   15. Functional genomics»
   16. Genetics»
   17. Genome mining»
   18. Genomics»
   19. Immunology»
   20. Infectious disease»
   21. Metabolomics»
   22. Microbial biology»
   23. Microbial ecology»
   24. Microbial genetics»
   25. Microbial genomics»
   26. Molecular biology»
   27. Neural circuits»
   28. Neurobiology»
   29. Neuronal cell biology»
   30. Nutrition»
   31. Oncology»
   32. Physiology»
   33. Polymer science»
   34. Population demographic»
   35. Proteomics»
   36. Retina genetics»
   37. Retinal metabolism»
   38. Synthetic biology»
   39. Systems Biology»
   40. Technology»
   41. Transcriptome»
   42. Tumor biology»
   43. Vascular biology»

2. Neurobiology/Neurophysiology/Neuropharmacology

   1. Action potential»
   2. Behavior»
   3. Binocular function»
   4. Brain plasticity»
   5. Calcium channel»
   6. Calcium channel blocker»
   7. Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Kinase II (CaMKII)»
   8. Cognition»
   9. Critical period»
   10. Decision»
   11. Dopaminergic neuron»
   12. Excitatory-inhibitory balance»
   13. Hypocretin (Hcrt)»
   14. Hypothalamus»
   15. Inhibitory synapses»
   16. Ionic current»
   17. Learning»
   18. Long-term depression (LTD)»
   19. Long-term memory»
   20. Long-term potentiation (LTP)»
   21. Lynx1-nAChR interaction»
   22. Mating behavior»
   23. Motor neuron»
   24. Neural circuits»
   25. Neural coding»
   26. Neural connections»
   27. Neural development»
   28. Neural network»
   29. Neural Progenitors»
   30. Neuromuscular junction»
   31. Neuronal recordings»
   32. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor»
   33. Odor»
   34. Odor map»
   35. Odor-guided perceptual decision task»
   36. Olfactory»
   37. Olfactory bulb»
   38. Olfactory signaling»
   39. Optogenetics»
   40. Optomotor response»
   41. Pacemaking»
   42. Pain-sensing neuron»
   43. Pheromone receptor»
   44. Photoreceptor»
   45. Plasticity»
   46. Postsynaptic signaling»
   47. Potassium channel»
   48. Reticular spinal formation»
   49. Retinotectal pathway»
   50. Reward»
   51. Reward-based decision making and learning»
   52. Reward-based learning and decision-making assays»
   53. Sensory neuron»
   54. Sensory processing»
   55. Serotonin/5-HT signaling»
   56. Serotonin/5-HT2C receptors»
   57. Sodium channel»
   58. Spikes»
   59. Subcellular dendritic topography»
   60. Synaptic competition»
   61. Temporal code»
   62. TRP channel»
   63. TRPV1 channel»
   64. Visual cortex»
   65. Visual stimuli»
   66. Voltage clamp technique»
   67. Vomeronasal organ»