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Stephen Kissler
Postdoctoral fellow
Harvard University
Geoffrey Supran
Research fellow
Harvard University
Catherine Dulac
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
December 5, 2025
Scientists complete first drafts of developing mammalian brain cell atlases
NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac is part of a global consortium of scientists that has created the first and most detailed “developmental maps” of the mammalian brain (from mouse to human) to […]
March 20, 2025
Researchers uncover neurological basis for social contact, a basic human need
NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac and her research team have discovered that the brain processes social needs in a similar way to basic survival needs like food, water and sleep, illustrating […]
November 1, 2024
Catherine Dulac named officer of the Legion d’Honneur
NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac was honored with the title of Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest civilian award. The prestigious medal was presented to her by the French Ambassador at a […]
February 22, 2023
Your brain could be controlling how sick you get — and how you recover
The research of NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac was highlighted in a news feature published in Nature examining the growing body of evidence that the brain affects immune responses. Dulac and […]
November 29, 2022
Catherine Dulac named University Professor at Harvard
NOMIS Awardee Catherine Dulac, along with two other Harvard researchers, have been named University Professors, Harvard’s highest distinction for a faculty member. A molecular biologist and geneticist studying the brain […]
November 8, 2021
NOMIS Award presented to four pioneering scientists
Recognizing their outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and human progress through their pioneering, collaborative research, the 2021 as well as the 2020 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award […]
November 5, 2025
The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development
Abstract: Neurodevelopmental disorders that cause cognitive, behavioural or motor impairments affect around 15% of children and adolescents worldwide1, with diagnoses of profound autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder increasing in the […]
March 5, 2025
Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development
Abstract: Mammalian behaviour and physiology undergo major changes in early life. Young animals rely on conspecifics to meet their needs and start showing nutritional independence and sex-specific social interactions at weaning […]
February 26, 2025
A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
Abstract: Social grouping increases survival in many species, including humans1,2. By contrast, social isolation generates an aversive state (‘loneliness’) that motivates social seeking and heightens social interaction upon reunion3,4,5. The observed […]
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