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Mark Andermann is a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School and a Professor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research focuses on how motivational states influence sensory processing and perception. He leads the Andermann Lab, which investigates the body's needs, such as hunger and thirst, and how they affect sensory experiences. The lab's studies examine the neural circuits that underlie perception and their implications for understanding brain disorders related to eating behaviors. By using advanced techniques like two-photon calcium imaging and multi-electrode recording in behaving mice, Andermann's research aims to dissect the cellular and circuit-level mechanisms that guide motivation-specific sensory representation and feeding behaviors. He is particularly interested in how hunger modulates the representation of food cues in the brain, revealing complex interactions between motivational states and sensory processing across multiple brain regions.
Harvard Medical School • Boston, MA
Teaching and conducting research in Neurobiology.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Boston, MA
Leading investigations on the intersection of motivation and sensory perception.
Administered by the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS). GRE is not required and will not be considered for BBS, Immunology, and Neuroscience.