The Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder

Keynote Lecture
Morgan Sheng
Co-Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute;
Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia: from human genetics towards neurobiological mechanisms

Susan Dymecki
Professor of Genetics,
Harvard Medical School

Affective disorders, seasonal photoperiod, and adaptive neurotransmitter switching

Maria Lehtinen
Robertson Investigator, New York Stem Cell Foundation;
Hannah C. Kinney MD, Chair in Pediatric Pathology Research, Boston Children’s Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Circadian regulation of the cerebrospinal fluid and implications for brain health

Daniel Hochbaum
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Bernardo Sabatini,
Harvard Medical School

Conserved mechanisms coordinating exploratory behavior and whole-body metabolism

Leah Somerville
Professor of Psychology,
Harvard University

Leveraging large-scale studies of neurodevelopment to inform the mechanisms of bipolar disorder and other forms of psychopathology

Header image courtesy of Evelyn Aviles, Lab of Lisa Goodrich, Harvard Medical School
Section of the mouse retina stained for cone photoreceptors in cyan, and the synaptic protein GRM6 in magenta. In yellow, neuronal endings are marked by the protein Fat3.

Event Types: Symposia