Amar Sahay

Researchers awarded funding by the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Two HSCI scientists have joined the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain. Funded by the Simons Foundation, the effort has pledged $42 million over...

Four faculty members of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have been recognized as leaders in their fields. Elliot Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D. is an HSCI Principal Faculty member and the Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS...

Harvard researchers identify the specific cells in the brain that process perceived threats Summary - HSCI researchers discovered a specific type of brain cell that modulates how mice respond to threats. - The findings help us understand how the...

Targeting levels of abLIM3 protein could improve memory in aging and reduce symptoms of PTSD Researchers have identified a molecular switch that can increase the number of contacts between dentate gyrus cells (green) and CA3 interneurons (red) in the...

PRESS RELEASE | April 6, 2017 In May, 2017, the service-based gig economy is coming to a lab near you - a paradigm shift that will get its start in Boston's thriving biopharmaceutical ecosystem. As the pool of academic tenure-track positions shrinks...

Young neurons (pink), responsible for encoding new memories, must compete with mature neurons (green) to survive and integrate into the hippocampal circuit. Photo courtesy of Kathleen McAvoy, Sahay Lab. HSCI researchers identify new mechanisms by which...

Tom Insel, Director, NIMH, with awardees of Inscopix's DECODE Grant Program (Harvard/MGH's Amar Sahay, PhD, fifth from left) Ten scientists granted $2 million by neuroscience startup to study brain disease Amar Sahay, PhD, of Massachusetts General...

Neurobiologist Amar Sahay, PhD, has been awarded a $2.75 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to explore how the brain curbs fear, with the goal of developing new therapeutic strategies to help people with generalized anxiety...