Kay Tye
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Born | Ithaca |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Optogenetics |
| Alma maters | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| University of California, San Francisco | |
| Institution | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory |
| Job | Neuroscientist |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| University of California, San Francisco | |
| University of California San Francisco Parnassus Campus | |
| Parents | Henry Tye |
| Bik Kwoon Tye | |
| H index | 52 |
| Awards | National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award |
| Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | |
| Citations | 20,020 |
| Affiliations | Salk Institute |
| Interests | Motivated Behaviors |
| Learning And Memory | |
| Emotional Processing | |
| Neural Circuits Encoding Valence | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 555673 |
Kay Tye Life story
Kay M. Tye is an American neuroscientist and professor and Wylie Vale Chair in the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. Her research has focused on using optogenetics to identify connections in the brain that are involved in innate emotion, motivation and social behaviors.
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