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Brady Weissbourd is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research utilizes the tiny, transparent jellyfish, Clytia hemisphaerica, to explore questions at the intersection of nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function. Weissbourd's work integrates systems neuroscience approaches, employing genetic and optical techniques to investigate how behavior arises from the activity of neural networks. He focuses on the persistent integration of newborn neurons within the Clytia nervous system, especially following large-scale injuries. His research also leverages Clytia's evolutionary position to derive principles of nervous system evolution and to infer the ultimate origins of nervous systems.