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Discovery Research 2023 #CircadianRhythms #DrugDiscovery #StemCells

CircaVent: A Drug Prediction and Discovery Platform for Bipolar Disorder

Jenny Tam, PhD

Team Institution

  • Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Collaboration Project 2025 #DrugDiscovery #Omics #StemCells

Drug Prediction and Validation from Single Cell Multi-Omics in Brain Organoid Systems

Team Institutions

  • Wyss Institute at Harvard University
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Discovery Research 2023 #Genetics #GenomeEngineering #StemCells

Examining Convergent Mechanisms Through Stem Cells

Thomas Lehner, PhD, MPH

Team Institutions

  • New York Genome Center
  • Rutgers University
  • Columbia University
  • New York University
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Genetics Platform 2022 #Genetics

Genetics Platform

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Team Institutions

  • The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • New York Genome Center
Discovery Research 2023 #Mitochondria #Neuroimaging #StemCells

Identifying Novel Mitochondrial Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder

Hilary Blumberg, MD

Team Institution

  • Yale University
Discovery Research 2024 #BrainCircuitry #CircadianRhythms #DopamineDynamics #Neuroimaging

Influence of Circadian Disruption on Dopamine and Reward Processing in Bipolar Disorder

Lance Kriegsfeld, PhD

Team Institutions

  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Swinburne University
  • University College, London
Discovery Research 2025 #BrainCircuitry #Neuroimaging #Neuromodulation

Intracranial Neurophenotyping of State Switches in Bipolar Disorder

Ignacio Saez, PhD

Team Institution

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Collaboration Project 2025 #AnimalModels #GenomeEngineering #MitochondrialMechanisms

Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Mechanism to Explain Sleep Dysregulation in Bipolar Disorder

Team Institutions

  • Stanford University
  • University of Texas Austin
  • Yale University
Discovery Research 2026 #BrainCircuitry #MoodStateSwitching

Novel Brain Circuit and Gene Regulation Link Circadian Disruption, Affective State, and Seasonal Triggers in Bipolar Disorder

Susan M. Dymecki. MD, PhD

Team Institutions

  • Harvard Medical School
  • Inserm Ile de France Centre Nord U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Discovery Research 2024 #DrugDiscovery #ImmuneMechanisms #StemCells

Novel Immune Targets in Bipolar Disorder

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD

Team Institutions

  • Mass General Brigham
Discovery Research 2026 #BrainCircuitry #MoodStateSwitching

Potassium-Calcium Channel Interactions in Bipolar Disorder: A Novel Mechanistic Route to Elucidate Mood Switching Towards Clinical Translation

Akira Sawa, MD

Team Institutions

  • John Hopkins University
  • Columbia University
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute
Discovery Research 2025 #BrainCircuitry #Neuroimaging #Neuromodulation

Precision Functional Mapping-Guided Network Stimulation for Bipolar Depression

Ziad Nahas, MD, MSCR

Team Institution

  • University of Minnesota Medical School
Discovery Research 2025 #BrainCircuitry #Neuroimaging #Neuromodulation

Precision Mapping and Neuromodulation of Fronto-Striatal-Limbic Brain Circuits to Identify Mood Switch Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder

Charles Lynch, PhD

Team Institutions

  • Stanford
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Collaboration Project 2025 #AnimalModels #DopamineDynamics #Omics

Proximity Labeling Neuroprotemic Investigation of Clock Loss in VTA DA Neurons

Team Institutions

  • Northwestern University
  • University of Texas Austin
  • University of Pittsburgh
Discovery Research 2026 #BrainCircuitry #MoodStateSwitching #Neuroimaging

Retrosplenial Cortex “Switch Cells” in Bipolar Disorder

Laramie Duncan, PhD

Team Institutions

  • Stanford University
  • John Hopkins University
  • University of Southern California, USC
Discovery Research 2024 #AnimalModels #BrainCircuitry #CircadianRhythms #Genetics #Neuroimaging

The Role of Cerebellar Cortical and Thalamocortical Circuits in Bipolar Disorder

Jen Pan, PhD

Team Institutions

  • The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Princeton
  • Columbia University
  • Massachusetts General Hospital