From the 19th-century to today, nerve cell regeneration has had a place at the MBL and in the history of the “neuro” disciplines.

We seek to understand the history of neuron regeneration over time. How have invertebrates and vertebrates differed in their contributions to neurobiology? How can we characterize the crucial roles of less “standard” experimental organisms, such as many aquatic species, in neurobiology today and in the past? What makes neuron regeneration such an exciting research topic in biology and medicine?

Project Leaders: Kathryn Maxson Jones (Princeton/MBL), Jennifer Morgan (MBL)

Working Group Members: Pamela Imperadore (Association for Cephalopod Research, Naples), Fabio de Sio (Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf), Frank W. Stahnisch

Featured image courtesy of Jennifer Morgan’s laboratory.