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Dr. Sanes has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2002. He is a renowned neurobiologist and Director of the Center for Brain Neuroscience in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, where he is also a professor.
Dr. Sanes is a leader in the study of factors that regulate synapse formation. Information processing in the brain occurs at synapses, and defects in synapse formation are likely to underlie many neurological and psychiatric disease He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Cell, Journal of Cell Biology, and Neuron. From 1999 to 2003, he served on the National Advisory Council for National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health. He is currently the chair of the Scientific Advisory Boards for the Max-Planck Institut for Neurobiology in Munich and the Searle Scholars Program. Additionally, Dr. Sanes serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. Sanes completed postdoctoral work with Dr. Zach Hall in the Department of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed doctoral and master’s degrees at Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Psychology at Yale College. Prior to joining Harvard University, Dr. Sanes was the Alumni Endowed Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Washington University School of Medicine. | 