Research Initiatives
The Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale awards small grants to support new research initiatives related to the goals of the institute. These proposals address different aspects of research on cortical function, development and evolution. They are innovative proposals that are designed to open new ground and areas for future investigation into the function and structure of the cerebral cortex.
To learn more about our research faculty, view their faculty profile pages:
Amy Arnsten
Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychology
Member, Kavli Institute of Neuroscience at Yale University
Research Interests:Molecular influences on higher cognitive function
- Office:(203) 785-4431
Joerg Bewersdorf
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
- Office:(203) 737-5704
- Lab:(203) 785-7446
Hal Blumenfeld
Professor of Neurology, of Neurobiology and of Neurosurgery
Director, Yale Clinical Neuroscience Imaging Center (CNIC)
Research Interests:Impaired consciousness in epilepsy; Epilepsy neuroimaging and electrophysiology
- Office:(203) 785-4836
- Appt:(203) 785-3865
Marvin Chun
Professor of Psychology
Research Interests:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); attention; memory; decision making; executive control; perception
Pietro De Camilli
Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Neurobiology
Director, Yale Program in Cellular Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration and Repair
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests:Synapses; exocytosis; endocytosis; membranes; clathrin; dynamin; phosphoinositides; Lowe syndrome; BAR proteins; neurodegeneration
- Office:(203) 737-4461
- Lab:(203) 737-4457
Ralph DiLeone
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Addictions; Animal Behavior; Ethology; Animal Nutrition; Diseases and Disorders; Drug Abuse; Eating Disorders; Etiology; Evolution; Genetic Manipulation; Natural History; Obesity; Psychiatry
- Office:(203) 974-7684
Michael Higley
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Primary Member, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair (CNNR)
Member, Kavli Institute fir Neuroscience
Research Interests:Synaptic integration; GABAergic interneurons; Inhibition; 2-photon; Electrophysiology
- Lab:(203) 785-4302
Anthony Koleske
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Neuronal morphogenesis and degeneration; stress; schizophrenia; cell migration; cancer; metastasis; adhesion receptors
- Office:(203) 785-5624
- Lab:(203) 785-5631
Daeyeol Lee
Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychology
Research Interests:Neural mechanisms of sequence learning and selection; Neural mechanisms of decision making under uncertainty; Neural mechanisms of inter-temporal choice; Neural mechanisms of token & conditioned reinforcements; Reinforcement learning; Behavioral economics and game theory; Function of primate prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia; Coding and transmission of information in a population of neurons
Jamie Mazer
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychology
Research Interests:Vision; attention; cortex; sensory processing; coordinate systems; neuroethology
Marina Picciotto
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology
Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry
Research Interests:Neuroscience; Molecular basis of behavior; Intracellular signaling; Mouse genetic models
- Office:(203) 737-2041
Pasko Rakic
Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Neurology
Department Chair, Neurobiology
Director, Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Research Interests:Central nervous system development
- Office:(203) 785-4330
Nenad Sestan
Professor of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Evolution and development of neuronal circuits of the human cerebral cortex
- Office:(203) 737-2190
Matthew State
Donald J. Cohen Professor (Adjunct) in the Child Study Center and Professor of Genetics and of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics
Deputy Chairman for Research, Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests:Genetic mechanisms; neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood
- Office:(lab) )-lab)
- Appt:(203) 737-4342
Stephen Strittmatter
Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology
Director, Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
Director, Adler Memory Clinic in Neurology
Research Interests:Axon Guidance; Axon Regeneration; Spinal Cord Injury; Molecular Biology; Stroke; Neurodegenerative Disease; Alzheimer's Disease; Fronto-Temporal Dementia
Susumu Tomita
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Synaptic transmission; Brain; Biochemistry; molecular biology; immunocytochemistry; gene-targeted animals; electrophysiology
Dejan Zecevic
Senior Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Physiology of axons, dendrites and dendritic spines; Input-output function of individual nerve cells; Voltage sensitive dyes; Optical recording methods
David Zenisek
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research Interests:Physiology and cell biology of the presynaptic terminal; Retinal Bipolar Neuron; Synaptic Terminal; Synaptic Ribbons; Vesicle Transport; Exocytosis; Endocytosis
- Office:(203) 785-6474
