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Awardee

Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

Affiliations
  • Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Publications

A preoptic neuronal population controls fever and appetite during sickness.

Nature, June 1, 2022

Osterhout J.A., Kapoor V., Eichhorn S.W., Vaughn E., Moore J.D., Liu D., et al.

Neural coding of sex-specific social information in the mouse brain.

Curr. Opin. Neurobiol., November 30, 2018

Li Y. and C. Dulac

Oxytocin signaling in the medial amygdala is required for sex discrimination of social cues.

Elife, December 11, 2017

Yao S., Bergan J., Lanjuin A., and C. Dulac

Projects

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Molecular and functional characterization of circuits underlying social motivation in mouse models of autism

Awarded 2020
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Characterization of fever-sensitive circuits and their effects on social behaviors in autism mouse models

Awarded 2018
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Molecular characterization of temperature-sensitive circuits in the mouse

Awarded 2016
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Analysis of oxytocin function in brain circuits processing social cues

Awarded 2014

Featuring Catherine Dulac

Person's Hand Checking Fever Of Sick Girl

Newly Identified Hypothalamic Cells Offer Insight Into the Relationship Between Fever and Autism

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SFARI Hosts Virtual Fall 2021 Science Meeting

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Building a New Model for Neuroscience Research

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SFARI Winter 2020 Pilot Awardees Announced

Events

Neurobiology of Sickness and Social Behavior

Lecture

November 6, 2024

6–7 p.m. ET

Speaker

Catherine Dulac

Headshot of SFARI Investigator Catherine Dulac.

Molecular and neural architecture of circuits underlying social behavior in the mouse

Lecture

October 28, 2015

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speaker

Catherine Dulac

Headshot of SFARI Investigator Catherine Dulac.

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