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Skip to main content Mobile Main Navigation People Centers and Initiatives Outreach Resources Events Mobile Utility Navigation History MyHMS Menu Utility Navigation History MyHMS Search Main navigation People Centers and Initiatives Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute Harvard Brain Initiative Harvard/MIT Joint Research Grants Program Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research Phytocannabinoid Research Initiative Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering The Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders Outreach Neurobiology Postdoc Club Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience Women in Neuroscience Resources RT-PCR Neuro Imaging Facility NEI Vision Core Research Instrumention Core Facility Events Neurobiology Seminar Series Lefler Symposium Past Events Technology We are defining the future of neuroscience by building the next generation of techniques and approaches for exploring the brain. Research Our research ranges from whole animal behavior to exploring the microscopic anatomy and function of the nervous system. Training Successful science is built around a community, and no community is more important to our success than our students and postdocs. Welcome to the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School! In 1966, Stephen W. Kuffler, together with Nobel Prize winners David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel , as well as Ed Kravitz, Ed Furshpan, and David Potter, founded the department and introduced a new field of scientific discovery called Neurobiology that combined methods of physiology, biochemistry, histology, neuroanatomy, and electron microscopy to study the development and function of the nervous system. (Read here to learn about our recent 50 th anniversary celebration) The legacy of this interdisciplinary approach continues today in our over 30 research laboratories that study neuroscience at the molecular, cellular, circuit and systems levels, and use approaches that are both curiosity-based as well as translatable to diseases of the nervous system. Our mission to educate and train the next generation of neuroscientists is supported by graduate programs at Harvard including the Program in Neuroscience (PiN), the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, and others . Our faculty actively participate in teaching the PiN curriculum and mentor trainees in their labs. We have a Neuro Postdoc Club that offers postdocs a way to meet postdocs in other labs through career development activities, social gatherings, and scientific presentations. The department was instrumental in establishing the Harvard Brain Science Initiative in 2014 to unite neuroscience research efforts across Harvard – from our department to neighboring departments on the HMS quadrangle to departments in the Harvard-affiliated hospitals to the Center for Brain Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This important initiative has attracted philanthropic support to fund collaborative research efforts, as well as social and scientific gatherings that bring together neuroscientists from all corners of Harvard University. We invite you to learn more about us through this site. Welcome! In Memoriam: Dr. Ed Furshpan Ed Furshpan, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, died on Monday November 18, 2019. Ed was an outstanding neuroscientist, with a dedicated and enthusiastic interest in education. He will be sorely missed by all. Read NEUROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES HARVARD BRAIN INITIATIVE ON THE BRAIN HMS Neurobiology is committed to nurturing a diverse community Harvard Medical School (HMS) is committed to convening and nurturing a diverse community of individuals dedicated to promoting excellence and leadership in medicine and science through education, research, clinical care and service. Our unique perspectives, talents, experiences and contributions as HMS students, trainees, faculty, staff and administrators are the foundation and drivers of our excellence. ( Read more …) LINKS TO RESOURCES OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP (DICP) Culturally Aware Mentorship (CAM) DICP LGBT Programming DICP Minority Faculty Development Program DICP Programs for Medical and Graduate Students DICP Programs for Postdocs and Fellows Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering LGBT Community Groups Minority Biomedical Scientists at Harvard National Research Mentoring Network Sexual and Gender Minority and Health Equity Initiative Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science Facebook twitter linkedin instagram youtube 220 Longwood Avenue Goldenson Building, Room 420 Boston, MA 02115 (617) 432-1772 Footer Accessibility Privacy Policy © 2020 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College...