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The Brain Development and Disorders Project research is being carried out by eight principal investigators, with the assistance of close to 20 graduate and postdoctoral students. They are located in eight separate laboratories in the new Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department building located on Vassar Street in Cambridge. With specialties ranging from language to memory to vision, these researchers will combine their findings and assist each lab in reaching the greater goal of better diagnosis and treatment of developmental disorders.

 

Mriganka Sur Lab

"Cortical development, plasticity and autism "

Mriganka Sur

Damon Page

Jitendra Sharma

Daniela Tropea

Sam Horng

Nathan Wilson

 

Mark Bear Lab

"A test of the mGluR theory in visual cortex "

Mark Bear

Gordon Smith

 

John Gabrieli Lab

"Self-related cognition in Asperger’s Syndrome"

John Gabrieli

Joe Moran

 

Ann Graybiel Lab

"Search for mouse models of autism"

Ann Graybiel

Jill Crittenden

Anna Borkowska

Catherine Thorn

Tao Liu

Seema Verma

 

Pawan Sinha Lab

"Mechanisms of visual integration in individuals with autism"

Pawan Sinha

Yuri Ostrovsky

Benjamin Balas

Chetan Nandakumar

Gaurav Singal

 

Susumu Tonegawa Lab

"Identification of the functional interaction between FMRP and Pak"

Susumu Tonegawa

Mansuo Hayashi

Bridget Dolan

 

Emilio Bizzi Lab

"Motor learning in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders"

Emilio Bizzi

Robert Ajemian

 

Ken Wexler Lab

"Language development in Autism Spectrum Disorders"

Ken Wexler

Alexandra Perovic

Nadya Modyanova