WORMGUIDES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Rockefeller University, President, CZI Science
Dr. Bargmann is a leader in studying C. elegans neural development and behavior. A Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, she received the 2012 Kavli Award in Neuroscience.
Dr. Hall is the PI of the WormAtlas resource. He has helped shape the way in which anatomy-related information is shared in the C. elegans community.
Dr. White led the pioneering effort to reconstruct the wiring diagram of the C. elegans nervous system. He also invented the laser cell ablation technique and created the first practical confocal microscope. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
Dr. Chalfie is a pioneer in C. elegans neurobiology, in particular in mechanosensing. A Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, he received a 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for adapting GFP to live neuroimaging.
Dr. Hobert is a leader in C. elegans neural development, in particular the specification of individual neuronal identity.
Dr. Yuste is a leader in live mammalian neuroimaging and analysis of cortical microcircuitry.