Elly Nedivi
{{short description|American neuroscientist}}
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PhD., 1991, Neuroscience, Stanford University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Elly Nedivi ({{Langx|he|אלי נדיבי}}) is an American neuroscientist. She is a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the William R. (1964) and Linda R. Young Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Early life and education
Nedivi earned her Bachelor of Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her PhD in neuroscience from Stanford University.{{cite web |title=Elly Nedivi |url=https://biology.mit.edu/profile/elly-nedivi/ |website=biology.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}
Career
Upon joining the brain and cognitive sciences faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nedivi was awarded a 1999 Sloan Research Fellowship.{{cite web |title=Awards and Honors |url=http://news.mit.edu/1999/aandh-0414 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=April 14, 1999}} The next year, Nedivi and her research team discovered molecules in adult brains that allowed the organ to grow and change.{{cite web |last1=Halber |first1=Deborah |title=Nedivi studies the importance of ongoing neural connections |url=http://news.mit.edu/2000/nedivi-0531 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=May 31, 2000}} Based on her discovery, Nedivi, Jeffrey Cottrell, and colleagues from Yale University identified a gene that suggests that the brain's plasticity gene 2 and the protein it encodes are important in balancing receptor turnover. As a result, her research suggests that scientists could manipulate the genes to allow for faster learning.{{cite web |title=MIT team finds genetic key to high-level thinking |url=http://news.mit.edu/2004/brain |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=November 17, 2004}} Upon conducting further research, she found that the gene cpg15 was vital to the survival of neural stem cells in early development.{{cite web |title=MIT researchers identify gene involved in building brains |url=http://news.mit.edu/2005/brainmolecule |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=March 30, 2005}} She was subsequently granted Academic tenure the following year{{cite web |title=23 faculty members awarded tenure |url=http://news.mit.edu/2006/tenure-1025 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=October 25, 2006}} and named an American Federation for Aging Research 2007 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research grantee.{{cite web |title=2007 Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research |url=http://www.ellisonmedicalfoundation.com/node/3948?page=1 |website=ellisonmedicalfoundation.com |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}
As the Fred and Carole Middleton Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, she conducted a study to find the possibility of growing new cells to replace ones damaged by disease or spinal cord injury.{{cite web |title=MIT Researcher Finds Neuron Growth In Adult Brain |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051227111212.htm |website=sciencedaily.com |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=December 27, 2005}} By 2008, her research team discovered that a type of neuron related to Autism spectrum disorders developed in a thin strip of brain tissue at the upper border of cortical layer 2. This discovery could allow for the possibility to force growth in cells that would normally be unable to repair themselves.{{cite web |last1=Halber |first1=Deborah |title=Adult brain neurons can remodel connections |url=http://news.mit.edu/2008/brain-remodel-1124 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=November 24, 2008}}
In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her contributions to the field of neuroscience.{{cite web |last1=Conner-Simons |first1=Adam |title=Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows |url=http://news.mit.edu/2016/four-mit-faculty-elected-aaas-fellows-1121 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=November 21, 2016}} That same year, she found that a protein known as CPG2 was important in regulating the receptor reabsorption and its connections between neurons.{{cite web |last1=Trafton |first1=Anne |title=How neurons lose their connections |url=http://news.mit.edu/2016/protein-neurons-lose-connections-0114 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=January 14, 2016}} Three years later, she discovered that people with less abundant CPG2 were more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder.{{cite web |last1=Orenstein |first1=David |title=Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk |url=http://news.mit.edu/2019/how-specific-gene-variants-may-raise-bipolar-disorder-risk-0117 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=January 17, 2019}} By November, Nedivi was appointed the inaugural William R. (1964) And Linda R. Young Professor.{{cite web |title=Nedivi named to new professorship |url=https://biology.mit.edu/nedivi-named-to-new-professorship/ |website=biology.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=February 8, 2019}}
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Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
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