Harvard University Office of Technology Development Collaborative Research Opportunity Finder

1. Florian Engert, PhD

   Neural basis of behaviors in vertebrates

   Identify the neural circuits that control specific behaviors in vertebrates; Examine these neural circuits in molecular and cellular detail to understand how neural activity controls innate behavior.

   

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. Samara Reck-Peterson, PhD

   Intracellular cargo movement: the role of molecular motors

   Explore the role of dynein in molecular cargo transport

   

4. Bruce Yankner, MD, PhD

   Molecular mechanisms of aging and aging-related neurodegenerative diseases

   Explore aging at the molecular level, employing a systems biology approach

   

Research Categories

Central Nervous System

Disease Mechanisms

Sub-categories

1. Clinical Disorders and Disease Etiology

   1. Addiction»
   2. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)»
   3. AIDS»
   4. Alzheimer’s disease»
   5. Amblyopia»
   6. Amyloid plaque»
   7. Amyloid precursor protein (APP)»
   8. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)»
   9. Atherosclerosis»
   10. Autism»
   11. Autoimmune disease»
   12. Bacterial infection»
   13. Behavioral disorders»
   14. Bench-to-bedside»
   15. Brain disease»
   16. Breast cancer»
   17. Cancer»
   18. Carcinoma»
   19. Cardiovascular disease»
   20. Cervical cancer»
   21. Chlamydia»
   22. Chronic viral infection»
   23. Circadian rhythm»
   24. Complex disease»
   25. Contact hypersensitivity»
   26. Cystic fibrosis lung infection»
   27. Cytomegalovirus»
   28. Cytoskeletal disease»
   29. Dementia»
   30. Dengue fever»
   31. Dengue hemorrhagic fever»
   32. Dengue Virus»
   33. Developing country»
   34. Diabetes»
   35. Disease genes»
   36. Disease prognosis»
   37. Down syndrome»
   38. Drug abuse»
   39. Ebola virus»
   40. Emerging infections»
   41. Epilepsy»
   42. Epithelial tumor»
   43. Filovirus»
   44. Flu»
   45. Glioblastoma»
   46. Hearing loss»
   47. Hepatitis»
   48. Hepatitis B»
   49. Hepatitis C»
   50. Hepatocellular carcinoma»
   51. Herpes simplex virus»
   52. HHV8»
   53. HIV»
   54. HPV»
   55. Huntington’s disease»
   56. Infectious disease»
   57. Inflammation»
   58. Influenza»
   59. Insomnia»
   60. Klinefelter’s syndrome»
   61. KSHV»
   62. Legionella»
   63. Lentivirus»
   64. Lentivirus infection»
   65. Leukemia»
   66. Liver cancer»
   67. Lymphoma»
   68. Malaria»
   69. Marburg virus»
   70. Membrane-enveloped viruses»
   71. Metabolic disease»
   72. Microorganism»
   73. Mitochondrial dysfunction»
   74. Mosquito-borne illness»
   75. Nervous system disorders»
   76. Neurodegeneration»
   77. Neurodegenerative disease»
   78. Neurological disease»
   79. Neurological disorders»
   80. Nondisjunction»
   81. Olfactory dysfunction»
   82. Opportunistic pathogen»
   83. Organ transplant rejection»
   84. Osteoporosis»
   85. Ovarian cancer»
   86. Parasites»
   87. Parkinson’s disease»
   88. Pathogen»
   89. Poliovirus»
   90. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)»
   91. Presenilin»
   92. Prostate cancer»
   93. Proteinopathy»
   94. Retinal degeneration»
   95. Retinal disorders»
   96. Retinal telangiectasia»
   97. Retinitis Pigmentosa»
   98. Salmonella»
   99. SARS»
   100. Schizophrenia»
   101. Side effects»
   102. SIV»
   103. SIV encephalitis»
   104. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)»
   105. Tropical disease»
   106. Turner syndrome»
   107. Vascular disease»
   108. Viral infection»
   109. Virus»
   110. Virus entry»
   111. X-linked mental retardation»

2. Neurodegenerative Diseases

   1. Amyloid plaque»
   2. Amyloid precursor protein»
   3. Amyloid precursor protein (APP)»
   4. Neurodegenerative disease»
   5. Parkinson’s disease»
   6. Presenilin»
   7. X-linked mental retardation»