Nicola Allen, PhD
Salk Institute, San Diego

Glia “discovering the proteins astrocyte secrete in young, adult, and aging brain that impact synaptic function differentially in physiological and disease states” 

Alejandro F. Schinder, PhD
Leloir Institute, Buenos Aires

Neurodegeneration “mechanisms of plasticity of the adult mammalian brain”

Amita Sehgal, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Metabolism, cell and molecular neurobiology “cellular networks that drive  rhythmic behaviors such as sleep”

Jaime Grutzendler MD, PhD
Yale University, New Haven

Uncovering Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration One Image at a Time