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Headshot of SFARI Investigator Gord Fishell.
Headshot of SFARI Investigator Gord Fishell.

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Gordon Fishell, Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

SFARI Scientific Review Board

Affiliations
  • Professor, Harvard University
  • Group Leader, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Publications

The organization and developmental establishment of cortical interneuron presynaptic circuits.

Cell Rep., November 9, 2021

Pouchelon G., Dwivedi D., Bollmann Y., Agba C.K., Xu Q., Mirow A.M.C., et al.

Bottom-up inputs are required for establishment of top-down connectivity onto cortical layer 1 neurogliaform cells.

Neuron, November 1, 2021

Ibrahim L.A., Huang S., Fernandez-Otero M., Sherer M., Qiu Y., Vemuri S., et al.

GABA-receptive microglia selectively sculpt developing inhibitory circuits.

Cell, July 20, 2021

Favuzzi E., Huang S., Saldi G.A., Binan L., Ibrahim L.A., Fernández-Otero M., et al.

Alternating sources of perisomatic inhibition during behavior.

Neuron, March 16, 2021

Dudok B., Klein P.M., Hwaun E., Lee B.R., Yao Z., Fong O., et al.

Projects

Identifying the epigenetic vulnerability of neurodevelopment

Awarded 2021
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Identification of developmental subcortical vulnerabilities in autism spectrum disorder

Awarded 2018
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Interneuron subtype-specific malfunction in autism spectrum disorders

Awarded 2013
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The integration of interneurons into cortical microcircuits

Awarded 2009

Featuring Gordon Fishell

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SFARI 2021 Pilot Awardees Announced

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SFARI 2018 Pilot and Research Awardees Announced

Events

Making up your mind: Interneurons in development and disease

Lecture

January 27, 2016

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speaker

Gordon Fishell

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