Howard Berg, who was a Senior Fellow at the Rowland and a faculty member in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University passed away on December 30, 2021.

Howard was appointed as a Senior Fellow by Dr. Edwin Land, the founder of the Rowland Institute, based on their shared interest in using physics as a lens to understand how organisms perceive their surroundings. In Dr. Land’s case, the organisms were humans and the perception was sight; for Howard, the organisms were bacteria and the perception was smell, or more precisely,...

Professor Aravi Samuel is leading a freshman seminar "Changing Perspectives” for Spring semester 2021. It is a physicist’s exploration of optical drawing aids devised...

The Rowland Institute is proud of Harvard BME undergraduate Nkazi Nchinda for being accepted as a 2021 Rhodes Scholar...

Sasha Rayshubskiy has joined the Rowland Institute at Harvard as its newest Rowland Fellow. Sasha received his Ph.D in Neurobiology from Harvard University before starting at the Rowland Institute.

The Rayshubskiy Lab studies neural architectures that keep animals committed to their goals. “An animal committed to a goal seems to be possessed in its motor actions. For example, a hungry animal will focus on searching for food until it is obtained, with every limb working towards accomplishing this goal. Yet, moments later, another goal is chosen, say building shelter, and the...