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Gaby Maimon
Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.
Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Investigates how brains form memories and perform cognitive operations to guide behavior, with a focus on navigation.
Priya Rajasethupathy
Priya Rajasethupathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Jonathan M. Nelson Family Associate Professor, Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition
Investigates brain mechanisms of memory storage and recall.

Steering Committee

Cori Bargmann
Cori Bargmann, Ph.D. (ex-officio)
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Torsten N. Wiesel Professor, Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Studies the relationship between genes, neural circuits, and behavior in C. elegans.
Philipp Brand
Philipp Brand, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior
Likui Feng
Likui Feng, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Winrich Freiwald
Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D.
Denise A. and Eugene W. Chinery Professor, Laboratory of Neural Systems
Studies how the brain processes visual cues from faces to better understand perception and social cognition.
Mary Hatten
Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Frederick P. Rose Professor, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology
Investigates mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and migration during embryonic development.
Nathaniel Heintz
Nathaniel Heintz, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
James and Marilyn Simons Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Investigates histological and functional aspects of the mammalian brain in health and disease.
Pyonghwa Kim
Pyonghwa Kim
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Genetics
Daniel Kronauer
Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor, Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior
Studies how insect societies evolve and function at the level of genes, brains, and behavior.
Richard Lifton
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D. (ex-officio)
President
Carson Family Professor, Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
Uses large-scale genetics and genomics to identify mutations underlying human disease and their biochemical mechanisms.
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Simin Liu
Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics
Vanessa-Ruta
Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Professor, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior
Investigates neural circuits that underlie innate and learned behaviors.
Shai Shaham
Shai Shaham, Ph.D.
Richard E. Salomon Family Professor, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics
Investigates developmental cell death and the role of glial cells in nervous system development and function.
Tim Stearns
Tim Stearns, Ph.D. (ex-officio)
Dean of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies
Vice President for Educational Affairs
Rani Shiao
Rani Shiao
Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Stephen Thornquist
Stephen Thornquist
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Mackenzie Yedlin
Mackenzie Yedlin
Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior

Faculty Membership

Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior

Ali H. Brivanlou, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Synthetic Embryology

Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D.
St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases

Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology

Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neural Systems

Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development

Charles D. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurobiology

Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology

Nathaniel Heintz, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology

A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience

Erich Jarvis, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language

Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior

Stanislas Leibler, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Living Matter

Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics

Marcelo O. Magnasco, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience

Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function

Daniel Mucida, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology

Priya Rajasethupathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition

Charles M. Rice, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease

Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior

Timothy A. Ryan, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry of the Synapse, Weill Cornell Medicine

Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D.
Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Signal Transduction

Shai Shaham, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Developmental Genetics

Eric D. Siggia, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Hermann Steller, Ph.D.
Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology

Sidney Strickland, Ph.D.
Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics

Alipasha Vaziri, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics

Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Chemical Immunology and Proteomics

Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior

Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Genetics

Li Zhao, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics

Any Rockefeller investigator interested in becoming a Kavli NSI member lab should contact Lindsey Cole, Kavli NSI administrator, at lcole@rockefeller.edu. All requests will be reviewed by the Kavli NSI Steering Committee.

 


On becoming a Kavli NSI member

Any Rockefeller investigator interested in becoming a Kavli NSI member lab should contact Lindsey Cole, Kavli NSI administrator, at lcole@rockefeller.edu. All requests will be reviewed by the Kavli NSI Steering Committee.


Contact

Kavli Neural Systems Institute
The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue, Box 257
New York, NY 10065

Administrator:
Lindsey Cole