Molecular Therapeutics Researchers

Fan Wang is developing novel molecular strategies to activate pain-suppression neurons in the brain’s central amygdala with the goal of creating a powerful therapeutic approach for alleviating pain.

Feng Zhang is leading a broad effort to expand and improve the CRISPR gene editing platform to target genes associated with complex brain disorders.

Polina Anikeeva works at the intersection of materials science, electronics, and neurobiology to design and fabricate new tools to treat disorders of the nervous system.

Ed Boyden is designing proteins that can cross the blood-brain barrier with the goal of moving these new molecular strategies into clinical trials in humans.

Guoping Feng is developing advanced primate models for psychiatric and developmental disorders and creating innovative ways to deliver gene therapy cargo into the brain.

Shahar Bracha

Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyden Lab

Shahar Bracha is engineering molecular tools for recording brain activity and analyzing neural coding in different states of behavior and ASD models.

Kayla Kroning

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wang Lab

Kayla Kroning is focused on engineering new genetically encoded tools to trace neural circuitry and to activate or deactivate specific neural circuits for therapeutic purposes.

Nagina Mangal

Postdoctoral Fellow, Graybiel Lab

Nagina Mangal uses genetic engineering in animal models to study striatal circuits of the basal ganglia.

Keisuke Nagao

Graduate Fellow, Anikeeva Lab

Keisuke Nagao develops novel strategies for the systemic delivery of gene-editing tools to animal models via a chemical approach.

Chunyan Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harnett Lab

Chunyan Wu is advancing and employing multiphoton microscopy techniques for in vivo imaging with a particular emphasis on investigating dendritic computation within the mouse cortex.