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Michael Crair is the Vice Provost for Research at Yale University and holds the title of William Ziegler III Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine. He leads research in neural circuit development, particularly focusing on how spontaneous activity shapes brain circuit formation. His work integrates advanced imaging techniques like mesoscopic calcium imaging and fMRI to study cortical networks. Crair has pioneered studies on retinal waves and their role in visual system development.
Education: PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley (1991), postdoctoral training at Kyoto University, UCSF, and Baylor College of Medicine before joining Yale in 2007. He has served as Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs and Director of Yale’s Vision Core Program.
Research interests span neurodevelopment, synaptic plasticity, and neuroimaging. Key contributions include demonstrating the necessity of early neuronal activity in normal brain development and developing novel imaging tools for studying large-scale neural dynamics.
Awards include the Klingenstein Fellowship, Sloan Research Fellowship, and NIH grants. His lab collaborates widely, with projects on Alzheimer’s disease models and PTEN mutation impacts. He advises on interdisciplinary research initiatives and chairs committees promoting scientific innovation.
Labs/Teams: Crair Lab focuses on circuit development and neuroimaging. Collaborations include the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience and Wu Tsai Institute.