Principal Investigator
B.A., B.S., Brown University; M.D., Ph.D., UCSD; Post-Doc, M.I.T.
I love collaborating with this great group of people. Other interests include ultimate frisbee, politics, music and the future of scientific publication.
Graduate Student
Bachelor's degree: Boston College
I am studying how circadian transcription factors regulate homeostatic plasticity
Graduate Student
Bachelor's degree: Oberlin
I am studying how BMAL1 regulates cortical excitability and cortical development
Research Technician
Bachelor's degree: UC Santa Cruz
Graduate Student
Bachelor's degree: University of Colorado, Boulder
I am using CRISPRi to manipulate transcription factors in mammalian cortical neurons.
Undergraduate Researcher
Brandeis
I am studying thyroid hormone regulation of KLF transcription factors
Undergraduate Researcher
Brandeis
I am studying regulation of cortical excitability by BMAL1
Undergraduate
Brandeis
Undergraduate
Brandeis
Research Technician
Huazhong University of Science & Technology at Hankou, China, B.S., Chemical Engineering
I joined the Nelson lab in 2004. I really enjoy working here at Brandeis. The people are enthusiastic about their work and a pleasure to work with.
Graduate Student (jointly supervised by Steve Van Hooser)
B.A.: Colby College, Maine
I Graduated in 2023 and currently work as a senior scientist at Merck
Postdoc
PhD, Harvard Medical School, Bachelor's, University of Texas at Austin
I am using transgenic mouse lines to characterize the regulatory networks that control adult neuronal identity. Now a Principal Scientist at Paragon Therapeutics.
Postdoc (jointly supervised by Don Katz)
PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
I am interested in uncovering the roles that specific cell types play in learning and memory by examining their gene expression patterns in response to varying memory related tasks. Now a postdoc at Hebrew University.
Graduate Student (jointly supervised by Don Katz)
B.S.: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
I am studying the cellular and molecular basis of conditioned taste aversion, a form of one-trial gustatory learning. Now a postdoctoral fellow at MGH.
Graduate Student
Recent lab member, now graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at U. Conn.
Postdoc (jointly supervised by Adam Hantman)
M.D. Ph.D., Heidelberg University, Germany
I'm interested in using computational analyses to learn about brain function from genomic data. Now a Research Fellow at NIMH Intramural.
Postdoc
PhD, Washington University, St. Louis
Now a Principal Scientist at Stoke Therapeutics.
Undergraduate Researcher
Brandeis
Just finished her PhD at Washington University, St. Louis