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Emily Robinson studies mechanisms for how the lungs and brain communicate in asthma with the goal of developing new therapies.

Di Sang is developing new pharmacological and genetical therapeutic approaches for autistic spectrum disorder with animal models.

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics

AT&T Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

John W. Jarve (1978) Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT; Associate Dean, School of Science, MIT

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

Middleton Career Development Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at MIT

Quilee studies and models brain-wide neural dynamics by using high-speed, whole-brain imaging in small model systems — transparent larval zebrafish and nematodes — to reveal the network mechanisms underlying drug-induced consciousness state transitions.

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

Sai Vadhula is leading the expansion of GEAR Center’s impact in improving health-span in low and middle income countries through design and development of affordable medical devices for screening, diagnosis and treatment of non-communicable diseases.

Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Zeguan Wang’s research focuses on developing new optical and molecular techniques to record and precisely control neural activity in the brain, with the ultimate goal to uncover fundamental principles to inspire novel therapeutic strategies for brain disorders.

Jingyi Wei develops and applies novel gene therapy approaches based on transcriptional regulation to treat autism spectrum disorders caused by haploinsufficiency.

Director, K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics

Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT

Georgina Woo is investigating the intuitive physics that underlies our perception of structure and support in the visual world.

Aaron Wright is exploring the tapestry of language in the brain through the use of neuroimaging and other methods.

Guang Xu uses advanced 2D human iPSC-based models and 3D human brain organoids to investigate microglia–oligodendrocyte communication in Alzheimer’s disease, aiming to uncover mechanisms that promote myelin formation and repair to inform therapeutic development.

Rose Yin is focusing on combining her interests and experiences to develop medical devices for global health.

Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience

Faculty, Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering

Hao Zheng’s research focuses on computational psychiatry, specifically how a dynamical system balances flexibility and stability in the brain, and factors that cause transition to imbalance in cases of mental disorders.