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Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Neuroscience Collaboration

The Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) aims to discover mechanisms of resilience and functional maintenance in the aging brain, and to establish a baseline for plasticity-related changes with age across many model systems. The SCPAB’s focus on the basic biology of cognitive aging is foundational to future translational approaches aimed at minimizing cognitive decline and extending healthy lifespan.

Director

Coleen Murphy

Coleen T. Murphy

Director, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Executive Committee

Randy Buckner

Randy Buckner

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Anne K. Churchland

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Beth Stevens - GB/AB Investigator

Beth Stevens

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Saul Villeda

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Science Lead

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Hannah Bayer

Senior Scientific Officer, Simons Foundation

Investigators

Coleen Murphy

Coleen T. Murphy

Director, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Rozalyn Andrerson - Plasticity and the Aging Brain Investigator

Rozalyn Anderson

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Kristine Beate Walhovd

Kristine Beate Walhovd

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Portrait photo of Berenice Benayoun

Bérénice Benayoun

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Anne Brunet - Investigator for Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Anne Brunet

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Randy Buckner

Randy Buckner

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Portrait photo of Anne Churchland

Anne K. Churchland

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Thomas R. Clandinin

Co-Director, Simons Collaboration on Brain Energetics

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Sandeep Robert Datta

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Mario Dipoppa

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Dena Dubal - investigator with Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Dena Dubal

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Maxwell Elliott headshot.

Maxwell Elliott

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Anders Fjell

Anders Fjell

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Loren Frank

Former Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Anna Gillespie

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Lisa Giocomo headshot.

Lisa Giocomo

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Daniel Hochbaum headshot.

Daniel Hochbaum

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Brian Hoffmann headshot.

Brian Hoffmann

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Catherine Kaczorowski headshot

Catherine Kaczorowski

Past Former Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Laura Lewis

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Steven McCarroll

Steven McCarroll

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Vilas Menon

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Elizabeth Mormino

Elizabeth Mormino

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Philippe Mourrain

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Maiken Nedergaard - Investigator for Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Maiken Nedergaard

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

lars nyberg

Lars Nyberg

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Kristen O'Connell

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Emily Rogalski

Emily Rogalski

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, HSCRB studies how stem cells and regenerative biology can help address the diseases of aging inside the Sherman Fairchild building. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

Lee Rubin

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Bernardo Sabatini - GB/AB Investigator

Bernardo Sabatini

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Amar Sahay - Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Amar Sahay

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Scott Small headshot.

Scott Small

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Beth Stevens - GB/AB Investigator

Beth Stevens

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Yousin Suh - Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Yousin Suh

Former Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

John Vaughen headshot.

John Vaughen

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Saul Villeda headshot.

Saul Villeda

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Tony Wyss-Coray headshot.

Tony Wyss-Coray

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Fellows to Faculty

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Samira Abdulai-Saiku, Ph.D.

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Greg Bieri

Headshot of Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Independence Fellow Anidita Brahma.

Anindita Brahma

Headshot of Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Independence Fellow Zoé Christenson Wick.

Zoé Christenson Wick

Bianco Cotto headshot

Bianca Cotto

Headshot of Simons Collaboration on the Aging Brain Independence Fellow Daniel Gray.

Daniel Gray

Elizabeth Haynes headshot

Liz M. Haynes

Frankie Heyward headshot

Frankie D. Heyward

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Krithi Irmady

Chinyere Agbaegbu Iweka headshot.

Chinyere Agbaegbu Iweka

James Jaggard headshot.

James Jaggard

Abhilasha Joshi headshot.

Abhilasha Joshi

A young man with dark hair wearing a blue button-down shirt smiles in front of a leafy tree.

Michael Kelberman

A man with curly dark hair, a beard, and glasses smiling outdoors.

Mauro Miguel Monsalve Mercado

Phi Nguyen headshot.

Phi Nguyen

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Titas Sengupta

Melissa Walsh headshot.

Melissa Walsh

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