Thomas Morin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow studying cognitive and computational neuroscience in the context of Alzheimer’s disease, aging, and autism. Expertise in network neuroscience, MRI and PET neuroimaging. Mass. General Hospital & Brandeis University

Research Interests

Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Neuroimaging

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

About

I grew up just outside of Boston in a town called Braintree. Braintree is a odd name for a town, and when I was a kid I imagined that somewhere there must be a tree with brains growing out of it. I couldn't wait to find this tree, pick my very own brain from among the branches, and see what it looked like. I was wrong about the tree, but now I get to look at brains all the time! I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MGH Martinos Center and a Visiting Scientist at Brandeis University. My research studies how age and neurochemistry affect the network stucture of the brain. My primary mentors are Dr. Anne Berry and Dr. Jacob Hooker.

Publications

HDAC6 Brain Mapping with [¹⁸F]Bavarostat Enabled by a Ru-Mediated Deoxyfluorination

ACS Central Science / Sep 06, 2017

Strebl, M. G., Campbell, A. J., Zhao, W.-N., Schroeder, F. A., Riley, M. M., Chindavong, P. S., Morin, T. M., Haggarty, S. J., Wagner, F. F., Ritter, T., & Hooker, J. M. (2017). HDAC6 Brain Mapping with [18F]Bavarostat Enabled by a Ru-Mediated Deoxyfluorination. ACS Central Science, 3(9), 1006–1014. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00274

PET neuroimaging reveals histone deacetylase dysregulation in schizophrenia

Journal of Clinical Investigation / Dec 10, 2018

Gilbert, T. M., Zürcher, N. R., Wu, C. J., Bhanot, A., Hightower, B. G., Kim, M., Albrecht, D. S., Wey, H.-Y., Schroeder, F. A., Rodriguez-Thompson, A., Morin, T. M., Hart, K. L., Pellegrini, A. M., Riley, M. M., Wang, C., Stufflebeam, S. M., Haggarty, S. J., Holt, D. J., Loggia, M. L., … Hooker, J. M. (2018). PET neuroimaging reveals histone deacetylase dysregulation in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 129(1), 364–372. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci123743

PET Neurochemical Imaging Modes

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine / Jan 01, 2016

Placzek, M. S., Zhao, W., Wey, H.-Y., Morin, T. M., & Hooker, J. M. (2016). PET Neurochemical Imaging Modes. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 46(1), 20–27. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2015.09.001

Dynamic Network Analysis Demonstrates the Formation of Stable Functional Networks During Rule Learning

Cerebral Cortex / Jul 27, 2021

Morin, T. M., Chang, A. E., Ma, W., McGuire, J. T., & Stern, C. E. (2021). Dynamic Network Analysis Demonstrates the Formation of Stable Functional Networks During Rule Learning. Cerebral Cortex, 31(12), 5511–5525. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab175

Functional reconfiguration of task-active frontoparietal control network facilitates abstract reasoning

Cerebral Cortex / Nov 24, 2022

Morin, T. M., Moore, K. N., Isenburg, K., Ma, W., & Stern, C. E. (2022). Functional reconfiguration of task-active frontoparietal control network facilitates abstract reasoning. Cerebral Cortex, 33(10), 5761–5773. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac457

Functional network reconfiguration supporting memory-guided attention

Cerebral Cortex / Mar 28, 2023

Isenburg, K., Morin, T. M., Rosen, M. L., Somers, D. C., & Stern, C. E. (2023). Functional network reconfiguration supporting memory-guided attention. Cerebral Cortex, 33(12), 7702–7713. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad073

Education

Boston University

Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience / May, 2022

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tufts University

B.S., Cognitive & Brain Science, Computer Science / May, 2017

Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Links & Social Media

Research Web Site

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