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Catherine Dulac.

Catherine Dulac wins Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences

Rewarded for neural study of parenting behavior that reoriented field

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DateSeptember 10, 2020September 10, 2020

Lab.

Recognition for some risky research

Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research awards seven cutting-edge projects

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DateJuly 10, 2020July 13, 2020

Collage of selfies by masked Harvard researchers back in their labs.

‘Moving in the right direction’

Harvard science labs begin to reopen

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DateJune 12, 2020June 16, 2020

Empty lab.

Scaled-down labs felt ‘this special responsibility’

Harvard scientists put research on hold for safety, saw chance to help hospitals with precious gear

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DateMarch 19, 2020March 20, 2020

student and professor in the lab

Giving to the next generation

Catherine Dulac uses money from her endowed professorship on a fellowship for neuroscience undergrad

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DateMay 23, 2019

Imaged cells of the hypothalamic preoptic region of a mouse brain. Different colors illustrate some of the cell diversity uncovered by MERFISH imaging.

Cellular atlas of brain region leads to discoveries

‘We now understand several behaviors in ways that we never did before’

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DateNovember 1, 2018November 2, 2018

Parent and child.

Research sheds light on how parents operate

Dulac’s mouse study shows role of neural projections in behaviors

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DateApril 20, 2018April 20, 2018

Overviews of Harvard University in Cambridge,

Four scholars win Arts and Sciences Professorships

Dulac, Lewis, Menand, and Waters honored for outstanding teaching

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DateApril 3, 2018November 15, 2018

Harvard researchers have found evidence that oxytocin, often called the “love hormone,” plays a crucial role in helping the brain process social signals and decide what requires attention and what can be relegated to the background.

A volume control for the brain

Study shows how oxytocin helps the mind modulate social stimuli

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DateJanuary 22, 2018January 10, 2019

Harvard scientists are among those who will receive more than $150 million in funding over the next five years through the National Institute of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. This marks part of an effort to gain insight into the workings of the brain.

Unraveling the brain’s secrets

Harvard researchers among those receiving more than $150 million in funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative

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DateNovember 22, 2017November 27, 2017

Led by Catherine Dulac, the Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, a team of researchers has identified more than 40 new “imprinted” genes, in which either the maternal or paternal copy of a gene is expressed while the other is silenced. The findings, described in a recent paper in eLife, reveal how genomic imprinting can dramatically expand biological diversity, and could have important implications for understanding the brain.

Expanding the brain

Research identifies more than 40 new imprinted genes

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DateJuly 29, 2015December 15, 2017

The National Academy of Sciences elected seven Harvard faculty: Scott V. Edwards (pictured), Robert H. Bates, Catherine Dulac, Alfred L. Goldberg, Jeannie T. Lee, Bruce Western, and Hao Wu.

Harvard faculty elected to NAS

National Academy of Sciences recognizes seven for their achievements

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DateMay 5, 2015May 17, 2019

Catherine Dulac (from left), Hopi Hoekstra, and Xiaowei Zhuang have received National Academy of Sciences awards.

Three faculty members receive NAS awards

Dulac, Hoekstra, and Zhuang granted research prizes

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DateApril 8, 2015

“If you look across different animal species, there are some species in which the father contributes to caring for the young — sometimes the work is divided equally, sometimes the father does most of the work — and there are species in which the father does nothing,” said Harvard Professor Catherine Dulac. “The essential question is: Where is that variability coming from?"

Parental controls

Neural drivers identified in research on mice

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DateMay 15, 2014January 19, 2018

Parvalbumin cells (blue) and one of the genes (red) that regulate their maturation in the cerebral cortex of a mouse. The connections made to and from these cells control critical periods of brain development and are vulnerable to mental illness. The Conte Center aims to map the wiring diagram, imprinted gene network, and functional maturation of these pivotal neurons using state-of-the-art microscopy and bioinformatics approaches.

Neurons in youth

Harvard study of brain development may shed light on disorders

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DateNovember 17, 2011April 15, 2019

New research, directed by Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Catherine Dulac, identifies for the first time exactly how such scent cues are detected and interpreted. “This discovery is an enormous achievement. I have been trying to get to this point for 15 years,” said Dulac.

Animal scents

Research illuminates how mice interpret cues, may offer insight into human disorders

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DateSeptember 27, 2011June 19, 2019

Harvard scientist wins 11th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

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DateApril 18, 2011July 9, 2019

The genome is composed of maternally inherited (red helix) and paternally inherited (blue helix) chromosomes. Using a genome-wide deep sequencing approach, a study led by Catherine Dulac and Christopher Gregg has uncovered complex maternal and paternal gene expression programs in the developing and adult brain.

Throwing a genetic switch

Maternal genes dominate in developing mice brains, while paternal ones lead in adulthood

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DateJuly 8, 2010June 18, 2019

Mom’s influence comes first

Maternal genes dominate in developing mice brains, while paternal ones lead in adult-hood, study finds

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DateJuly 8, 2010June 18, 2019

‘The art of seeing things invisible’

Unique and evergreen, collaborative Center for Biological Imaging opens

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DateMay 12, 2010July 19, 2019

AAAS announces 11 Harvard fellows

Faculty elected into world's largest general scientific society

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DateDecember 17, 2009

Sexual attraction a matter of scent

Pheromones are detected by mice through olfactory sense

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DateNovember 17, 2005