Susan Dymecki and colleagues (First author Giacomo Maddaloni) have identified a mouse brain circuit with multiple groups of neurons that together recognize, decode, and drive behavioral adaptation to changes in the amount of daylight.

New research from Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer finds that an individual’s perception of how much time has elapsed substantially impacts the speed at which minor bruising fades. This is the first study to demonstrate this psychological effect on the physical healing process.

The time of day influences cognition, but the molecular and synaptic mechanisms of this influence are elusive. We show that the circadian clock protein BMAL1 has a rhythm in synapses that is critical for corresponding rhythms in synaptic plasticity. Our findings point to local mechanisms for gating computations in anticipation of the time of day.

Harvard Gazette article on new research from Tianyi Huang and colleagues, first author Sina Kianersi, finding that people with later sleep and wake times had less-healthy lifestyles and were at greater risk of developing diabetes than those with early bird habits.

HMS News article on new research from Frank Scheer and colleagues, first author Nina Vujović, providing experimental evidence that late eating may increase hunger and obesity risk.

Brigham and Women's Hospital press release on new research from Frank Sheer, Sarah Chellappa, and colleagues, first author Jingyi Qian, adding new evidence that meal timing may affect mental health, including levels of depression- and anxiety-related moods. Also featured in HMS News.

HMS News article on new research from Frank Scheer and colleagues showing that the endogenous circadian system plays a significant role in modulating pulmonary function and asthma severity independent of sleep and other daily behavioral or environmental cycles.

Harvard Gazette article on new machine learning models that are able to predict how much time aging mice have left from David Sinclair and colleagues, co-first authors Michael B. Schultz, Alice E. Kane. Also featured in HMS News.

A collaborative study from the Crickmore & Rogulja labs showing that the quick onset and slow decay of CaMKII’s kinase activity is used by the male fly to know when he’s been mating long enough to transfer sperm to the female fly.

Elizabeth earned her PhD from the Program in Neuroscience this summer and is now off to the University of Michigan, to start a postdoc in the lab of Bing Ye.

This honor is given to the student conducting “the most original and significant research in Drosophila neurobiology during the previous two years”.

Congratulations to our latest round of awardees!

HMS News article on new research from the lab of Elsie Taveras and colleagues suggesting that irregular sleep schedules increase obesity and cardiometabolic risk.

Harvard Gazette article highlighting a large international genetic study from the teams of Michael Weedon (University of Exeter), Richa Saxena (MGH), and colleagues (co-lead authors Samuel Jones and Jacqueline Lane), shedding new light on the body clock and its links to mental health.

A new collaborative study from the labs of Charles Lieber and Josh Sanes reveals how injectable mesh electronics can revolutionize the way scientists study the retina

Earlier this year, 52 awards were made to students & fellows in neuro labs across Harvard, to support travel for advanced training & the sponsorship of visiting scholars. This month we highlight two awardees who hosted collaborators.

HMS News article on new work from the labs of Dragana Rogulja and Michael Crickmore, who use Drosophila courtship as a way to study the neurobiology of motivation

Postdoc Manuel Baizabal's synopsis of new research in the lab of Corey Harwell, on how the regulatory DNA landscape in neural stem cells contributes to architecture of cerebral cortex.

HMS News article on a new study from the lab of Amar Sahay, examining workings of Klf9, a stress-responsive transcription factor important in the hippocampus

HMS News article on a recent Molecular Psychiatry paper from the lab of C. Ronald Kahn on the connection between gut microbiota, depression, and anxiety in individuals who are obese or have type II diabetes.

Harvard Gazette article on new study from the lab of Sara Lazar, comparing the neural mechanisms underlying two popular mindfulness-based stress reduction programs

Harvard Gazette article on a recent Psychological Science paper from the lab of Dan Schacter suggesting that wandering minds are not always detrimental to completing a task.

BIDMC News Release on recent study from the labs of Mark Andermann and Chinfei Chen, examining functional logic of neural connections between the retina and thalamus.

HMS News article on magnetic resonance spectroscopy discoveries from the lab of Ovidiu Andronesi, interested in developing targeted new therapies for glioma patients

HMS News article highlights new collaborative study from the labs of Bob Datta and Bernardo Sabatini, on how the brain orchestrates 3D motion behaviors

HMS News article on a recent Neuron paper from the lab of Pascal Kaeser.

Eight faculty honored by the American Academy of Neurology at their annual meeting this past April.

HBI Congratulates Susan Dymecki, Wade Harper, Naomi E. Pierce, and Christopher A. Walsh on being elected as 2018 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

Harvard Medicine News article about a recent Neuron paper from the labs of Jesse Gray (HMS), Mark Andermann (BIDMC), Ramendra Saha (University of California, Merced) and Serena Dudek (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences).

Congratulations to Jasper Maniates-Selvin on winning an HBI Community Resource Award! This small grant is part of a newly launched Young Scientist Development program, supported by funding from the Office of the Provost at Harvard University.

Harvard Gazette article highlighting Ronald Walsworth's research using atom-scale impurities in diamonds read cell-sized magnetic resonance signals.

The Harvard Brain Science Initiative (HBI) Bipolar Disorder Seed Grant Program supports research relevant to the basic understanding and eventual treatment of bipolar disorder.

Harvard Gazette article on the launch of a the Quantitative Biology Initiative

HMS News article on this year's Bertarelli Symposium which showcased research on using gene therapy to treat sensory disorders.

HMS News article on a recent Nature paper from the lab of Christopher Walsh on the genes that regulate brain size.

HMS News article highlighting a recent Nature Neuroscience paper by Clifford Saper, William Todd, and colleagues' research on the relationship between the circadian clock and aggressive behavior of patients with Alzheimer's.

HMS News article highlighting Global Mental Health Day.

HMS News on a recent Nature paper from the labs of Gordon Fishell and Rahul Satija detailing the emergence and diversification of interneurons.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researcher John Nelson Campbell, PhD is one of six recipients of the 2018 Pathway to Stop Diabetes (Pathway) grants awarded by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Bob Datta, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, was recently awarded an Edward N. And Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery research.

Frederick Alt, was recently awarded a 2018 Major Grant Award by the Charles Hood Foundation for his work on the role of recurrent DNA break cluster genes in brain development and disease.

Harvard Medicine News article on a recent Cell paper from the lab of Pascal Kaeser.

Harvard Medicine News article on a recent Cell Host and Microbe paper from the lab of Min Dong.

The program seeks to bolster the career development of neuroscience trainees by providing flexible small grants to support creative training endeavors not easily covered by other funding sources, including the building of community resources.

Dr. Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, has been awarded the George Ledlie Prize by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Harvard Gazette article on a recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper by Michael Fox.

Dr. Bruce Rosen, director of the MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Awarded by The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), the Bridge to Independence grants help talented early-career scientists with an interest in autism transition from mentored training positions to independent research careers.

Six Harvard scientists are among those receiving $150 million in Funding from the NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

Congratulations to Lynne Chantranupong, PhD, Sabatini Lab; Yvette Fisher, PhD, Wilson Lab; and Molly Schumer, PhD, Reich Lab for being awarded 2017 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowships.

On October 6th, the Department of Neuroscience celebrated Chengua Gu becoming a tenured Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.

HMS News article about a recent paper from the lab of Michael Do.

Harvard Medicine News story about Molecular Cell paper from the lab of Charles Weitz, revealing the macromolecular organization of proteins in the mammalian circadian clock.

Harvard Medicine News story about Nature Neuroscience paper from the lab of Margaret Livingstone, revealing that the experience of seeing faces is necessary for the formation of face domains in the brain.

Harvard Gazette article on a Cell paper from the lab of Christopher Harvey, using a virtual reality task to reveal the flexibility of neural circuits that link sensory stimuli with behavioral actions.

Today the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced a $10M grant to launch the Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

In early July, the Allen Discovery Center for Cell Lineage Tracing at UW Medicine, in collaboration with labs at Caltech and Harvard, launched alongside the Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston Children’s Hospital and HMS.

Stanley Center member Paola Arlotta (left) and postdoctoral fellow Giorgia Quadrato have produced long-cultured brain organoids that have the potential to advance our understanding of brain development and disorders.

SMN protein (red) is necessary for the survival of spinal cord neurons (motor neurons) responsible for breathing and all movement. Harvard researchers have found a compound that stabilized this protein in mouse and human motor neurons.

To super-charge a specific virus as a gene carrier into the inner ear, the team used a form of the virus wrapped in protective bubbles called exosomes (tiny bubbles made of cell membrane).

Mammalian bone gene may be repurposed to fuel cognition in humans

In experiments echoing mice behavior, researchers emulate how brains recognize specific smells

New research reveals how some older adults appear to be “super-agers” with unusually resilient memories.

HMS News story highlights Science paper from HBI ALS Seed Grant Awardee Prof. Junying Yuan

HMS News story highlights Neuron paper from HBI Bipolar Seed Grant Awardee Prof. Pascal Kaeser

Mouse study suggests autism is not just a disorder of the brain