Scholarship and Biography

Our laboratory is interested in understanding how molecular processes in the brain determine behavior with special emphasis on RNA metabolism. We are particularly interested on the role of circular RNAs (circRNAs) at the molecular and neural levels as well as the mechanisms underlying circadian clocks.

Honors

Long Terms Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (France, Strasbourg) - HFSP, 2003
Career Development Award
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (France, Strasbourg) - HFSP, 2009
Golda Meir Award
Golda Meir Foundation, 2009
Starting Grant
European Research Council (Belgium, Brussels) - ERC, 2010
Consolidation Grant
European Research Council (Belgium, Brussels) - ERC, 2015
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany, Bonn), 2017

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University

Education

Universidad de Buenos Aires
Ph.D.
Universidad de Buenos Aires
M.A.