David Van Vactor, professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School, feels like a detective solving mysteries in the lab. He studies the development of the brain, an intricate and beautiful tapestry made of 100 billion neurons that magically weaves itself during early development. This video is part of a series in which scientists explain the importance of their work: http://hms.harvard.edu/research/science-matters.
Science Matters with David Van Vactor: Exploring problems at the horizon of our knowledge
