Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Philosophy of funding
Private investments are making it possible to reimagine 21st-century bioscience. Cori Bargmann envisions a future with opportunity for researchers everywhere
Results
Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Laboratory of Genetics
It’s all about your frame of mind
We think of brains as computers—stimulus in, action out. But they’re far more finicky than any iMac. Easily swayed by underlying internal states such as hunger, aggression, or arousal, our neurons are capable of incredible flexibility. For neuroscientists, it’s yet another wrinkle in understanding our wrinkliest organ.
Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Stay or go? Left or right?
Life is full of binary choices, even for small animals like fruit flies. With new technologies, scientists can now dissect the mechanisms of decision making in the simplest of brains, at the levels of individual molecules, cells, and networks.
Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Brain science has only just begun
We are far from understanding how even the simplest nervous systems work, says neuroscientist Cori Bargmann. But every step is leading to new surprises.
