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MAPPING ACTIVITY AND ANATOMY IN THE ZEBRAFISH BRAIN [ENGERT AND SCHIER LABS]

The holy grail for neuroscientists is to understand how the symphony of activity in our 100 billion neurons acts to control our thoughts and actions. The NIH BRAIN…

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LARVAL ZEBRAFISH ON SPEED [ENGERT LAB]

When we decide to go down the corridor and get a coffee we have several options.  We can make our way at a slow leisurely pace (lento), walk…

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TRANSPARENT THOUGHTS [ENGERT LAB]

How do brains process sensory input and use these to choose or decide what to do?  How similar is the brain activity in different individuals that are exposed…

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NATURE VIDEO FEATURE [ENGERT LAB]

Read full story in Nature I NEWS FEATURE Further reading on this work in Nature or download PDF; Nature 485, 471-477 (24 May 2012)  View Florian Engert's Faculty…

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FISH IN THE MATRIX: MOTOR LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD

(L to R) Drew Robson, Jennifer Li, Ruben Portugues, Alexander Schier, Florian Engert, and Misha Ahrens There are two fundamentally different forms of sensory information that are being…

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MCB FACULTY FLORIAN ENGERT AND SHARAD RAMANATHAN RECEIVE 2011 NIH DIRECTOR’S PIONEER AWARDS

Sharad Ramanathan Florian Engert Two MCB faculty members, Florian Engert and Sharad Ramanathan, are recipients of the 2011 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program. This program supports individual scientists…

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FLORIAN ENGERT RECEIVES TENURE

Florian Engert Neurobiologist Florian Engert has been promoted to become a tenured Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. “Like many things, tenure is probably most…

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