Michael Rosbash, Ph.D.
Peter Gruber Professor of Neuroscience, Brandeis University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Rosbash Lab

Abstract:
The Drosophila circadian clock functions within 75 pairs of brain neurons. We are expanding our understanding of their functions, including their sexually dimorphic contributions to behavior, their regulation of sleep and their circuitry. We have also used neuronal purification and deep sequencing “around the clock” to analyze and compare RNAs from several of these neurons as well as to identify molecules that contribute to these behaviors in a neuron-specific manner.