Michael Alosco

Dr. Alosco completed his undergraduate studies at Providence College and he earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology, with a focus in neuropsychology, in 2015 from Kent State University. He completed his clinical internship in neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System. In 2015, Dr. Alosco was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Boston University […]

Rhoda Au

Rhoda Au is a Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, and Epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public. She serves as one of the PIs of the Framingham Heart Study – Brain Aging Program and is also the Director of Neuropsychology. She is also Director of Global Cohort Development for the Davos Alzheimer’s […]

Lynne Chantranupong

Neurons are extremely specialized cells. They can generate intense electrical activity, maintain highly complex morphologies, and survive our entire lifetimes. Moreover, neurons are incredibly diverse, exhibiting a wide range of activity states, shapes, and sizes. These specializations confer different needs and liabilities to neurons, which they must address by adapting their molecular pathways to maintain […]

Jerry Chen

Investigating Long-Range Neocortical Networks: A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to achieve a complete understanding of the central nervous system, from the brain as a whole all the way down to individual neurons and synapses. A fundamental challenge in achieving this goal is bridging knowledge gaps impeded by the difficulty in integrating experimental measurements across […]

Brian DePasquale

The DePasquale lab develops mathematical models to understand how populations of neurons perform computations to produce behavior. Broadly, we take two approaches. One is data-driven: we collaborate with experimental neuroscientists to develop tailored machine learning models of neural activity to identify the algorithms that drive behaviors such as decision-making or movement. Our second approach is […]

Anna Devor

We are an imaging lab. We specialize in imaging neuronal, glial, vascular, and metabolic activity in brains of living and behaving experimental animals. We also use stem-cell-derived human neuronal networks. We focus on obtaining high resolution, sensitivity and specificity optical measurements and combine optical imaging with electrophysiological recordings and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Our […]

Michael Economo

Prof. Economo’s laboratory studies the structure and function of the neural circuits distributed across the brain that control movement. His research leverages cutting edge optical, electrophysiological, and genetic tools for recording and manipulating neural activity during behavior and for illuminating the structure of neural circuits.

David Farb

As head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Prof. Farb focuses on the identification of pharmacological treatments for disorders of learning and memory function. His research integrates existing electrophysiological, behavioral, pharmacological, and molecular genetic technologies in a novel systems-level platform for assessing the impact of cognitive enhancers such as neuroactive steroids upon fundamental hippocampal systems […]

Lindsay A. Farrer

Dr. Lindsay Farrer is a medical geneticist at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health where he is the Boston University Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Chief of Biomedical Genetics, and a Professor of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics. Dr. Farrer is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, received […]

Christopher Gabel

Prof. Gabel’s research program is focused on the development and application of femtosecond laser surgery and optical neurophysiology to the study of the nervous system of the nematode worm C. elegans. Using tightly focused pulses from an ultrafast laser, we can ablate regions of biological tissue with submicron precision, making it possible to snip individual […]