# Faculty

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=neurobiology
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/neurobiology/

Research AreasBiochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural BiologyCancer BiologyCell BiologyComputational BiologyGeneticsHuman DiseaseImmunologyMicrobiologyNeurobiologyStem Cell and Developmental BiologyLocationsBroad InstituteBuilding 68 - Koch Biology BuildingKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer ResearchNeuroscience ComplexRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and HarvardWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

### [H. Robert Horvitz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/h-robert-horvitz/)

H. Robert Horvitz analyzes the roles of genes in animal development and behavior, gaining insight into human disease.

### [Siniša Hrvatin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sinisa-hrvatin/)

Siniša Hrvatin studies states of stasis, such as mammalian torpor and hibernation, as a means to harness the potential of these biological adaptations to advance medicine.

### [Rudolf Jaenisch](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/rudolf-jaenisch/)

Rudolf Jaenisch uses pluripotent cells (ES and iPS cells) to study the genetic and epigenetic basis of human diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism and cancer.

### [Troy Littleton](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/troy-littleton/)

Troy Littleton is interested in how neuronal connections form and function, and how neurological disease disrupts synaptic communication.

### [Elly Nedivi](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/elly-nedivi/)

Elly Nedivi studies the mechanisms underlying brain circuit plasticity — characterizing the genes and proteins involved, as well as visualizing synaptic and neuronal remodeling in the living mouse brain.

### [Sara Prescott](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sara-prescott/)

Sara Prescott investigates how sensory inputs from within the body control mammalian physiology and behavior.

### [Zuri Sullivan](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/zuri-sullivan/)

Zuri Sullivan studies how interactions between the immune system and the brain affect physiology and behavior to promote host defense.

### [Susumu Tonegawa](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/susumu-tonegawa/)

Susumu Tonegawa investigates the biological underpinnings of learning and memory in rodents.

### [Brandon Weissbourd](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/brandon-weissbourd/)

Brady Weissbourd uses jellyfish to study nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function.

### [Matthew A. Wilson](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/matthew-a-wilson/)

Matthew Wilson studies rodent learning and memory by recording and manipulating the activity of neurons during behavior and sleep.