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Biotech Leaders Discuss Therapeutic Breakthroughs at the WuXi AppTec Global Forum
January 13, 2023

After opening remarks from Hui Cai, Program Chair and Vice President at WuXi AppTec, and Minzhang Chen, Co-CEO at WuXi AppTec, an impressive panel took the stage to reflect on the state of innovation and highlight the healthcare industry’s notable advances in tackling innovation challenges to bui

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Why are scientists growing human brain cells in the lab?
October 25, 2022

Organoids — tissue cultures that roughly replicate the functions of an organ — allow researchers to observe how cells behave in tissues in vitro, in the lab.

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NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Projects to Develop Cell Atlases and Molecular Tools for Cell Access
September 22, 2022

Today the National Institutes of Health announces two transformative projects supported by the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative:

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Mapping the Brain: The Future of Neuroscience
August 24, 2022

Researchers will map brain circuits controlling behaviors, thoughts, and moods.

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How researchers use new tools to map the structure and function of the brain
August 16, 2022

Scientists know both a lot and very little about the brain.

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Advanced imaging reveals mired migration of neurons in Rett syndrome lab models
August 4, 2022

Using organoids to model early development, researchers used an emerging microscopy technology to see that new neurons struggled to reach their developmental destination

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The Amazing Brain: Seeing Two Memories at Once
August 2, 2022

Each year, the initiative celebrates some standout and especially creative examples of such advances in the “Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo & Video Contest. During most of August, I’ll share some of the most eye-catching developments in our blog series, The Amazing Brain.

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Federal agency works to revolutionize understanding of brain in health and disease
July 5, 2022

The human brain remains one of the greatest mysteries in science and one of the biggest challenges in medicine.

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Johns Hopkins APL Developing Standards to Enable Better Brain Analysis
June 6, 2022

APL researchers are standardizing an amazing collection of high-resolution brain mapping data, an effort that would enable unprecedented analysis and make the Laboratory a focal point for neuroscience research.

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New research to understand how the brain handles optical illusions and makes predictions
May 9, 2022

3 new projects launch on the Allen Institute's OpenScope, a shared neuroscience observatory, supported by the NIH BRAIN Initiative

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System reveals 3D details of living tissues
April 6, 2022

In the diagnosis of disease, doctors often need to take tissue samples and process them for examination under a microscope. Millions of such biopsies are performed in the U.S. every year. But these pose many challenges. Biopsies may damage healthy tissue.

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Addgene Launches Open Access Recombinant Antibody Resource for the Scientific Research Community
March 28, 2022

Addgene, the nonprofit biorepository, now produces and distributes ready-to-use recombinant antibodies.

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Window of opportunity: When surgery to treat neurological conditions lets researchers peer into the brain, ethical questions abound
January 19, 2022
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The Amazing Brain: Tracking Molecular Events with Calling Cards
August 24, 2021
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The Amazing Brain: A Sharper Image of the Pyramidal Tract
August 17, 2021
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The Amazing Brain: Visualizing Data to Understand Brain Networks
August 10, 2021

The NIH-led Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative continues to teach us about the world’s most sophisticated computer: the human brain.

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The Amazing Brain: Toward a Wiring Diagram of Connectivity
August 3, 2021

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, which is an NIH-led project aimed at revolutionizing our under

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National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members — Including a Record Number of Women — and International Members
May 4, 2021

BRAIN Scientists John Maunsell and Tirin Moore are among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.

NIH has announced the selection of Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), as deputy director of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.
NIMH’s Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Named Deputy Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
March 5, 2021
Navigating the Neuroscience Job Market During COVID19 and Beyond
March 3, 2021

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