The Biology Department’s Neurobiology group addresses fundamental questions about brain and behavior, from the scale of neurons to whole organisms. Our research spans diverse interests ranging from cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability; to network-level analyses of sensory and sensorimotor systems; to the neural circuits underlying natural behaviors like reproduction and vocal learning. Our research efforts also contribute to a better understanding of neural pathologies Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury.

Faculty laboratories and shared facilities incorporate modern approaches in cellular and molecular biology as well as genetics and genomics. Resources include fluorescence, confocal, and multiphoton imaging; electron microscopy; cellular electrophysiology; and in vivo recordings from neural ensembles during behavior.

Faculty members in the Neurobiology group provide mentorship to graduate students in our Neurobiology program.  Additionally, as part of BU’s broader neuroscience community, our faculty members are active in the interdisciplinary Graduate Program for Neuroscience (GPN) and the Center for Neuroscience. Other BU centers for neuroscience research and opportunities for collaborative research include the Biomedical Engineering Department, the Photonics Center, and the BUMC Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology.

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