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December 29, 2022

New points of view: Caltech imaging research reveals the unseen

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November 30, 2022

Actuated Medical, Inc. has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health

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October 18, 2022

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have pioneered the CMU Array — a new type of microelectrode array for brain computer interface platforms. It holds the potential to transform how doctors are able to treat neurological disorders.

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June 2, 2022

Unexpected outcomes trigger release of noradrenaline, which helps the brain focus its attention and learn from the event.

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April 20, 2022

Implants are becoming more sophisticated — and are attracting commercial interest.

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January 21, 2022

New sensor grids could transform precision of neurosurgery, expand understanding of the brain.

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January 10, 2022

Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders.

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January 10, 2022

New research sheds light on how the brain combines external information and internal memory to build a sense of touch.

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December 27, 2021

Seven Caltech researchers are principal investigators on eight new neuroscience grants from the National Institutes of Health's BRAIN Initiative.

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September 28, 2021

The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, largely regarded as America’s top biomedical research prize, was recently awarded to three investigators for their pioneering work on optogenetics, including BRAIN MCWG member Karl Deisseroth.

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September 23, 2021

The 2021 cohort of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators includes six BRAIN-funded scientists.

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February 25, 2021

Cell tracking technique helps uncover how diseases progress, alter healthy tissues

Dr. John Ngai, incoming director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative. UC Berkeley, Brittany Hosea-Small
January 25, 2021

John Ngai is the Director of the NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.

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December 23, 2020

NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded scientists used artificial intelligence to help redesign a nutrient grabbing, Venus flytrap-shaped bacterial protein into a highly sensitive serotonin sensor.

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December 23, 2020

For the first time, scientists have recorded how our brains navigate physical space and keep track of others’ location.

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November 19, 2020

The National Institutes of Health will fund more than 175 grants, totaling nearly $500 million, through the NIH’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, part of a large effort among federal and non-federal partners to use knowledge about how th

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November 12, 2020

Star-shaped ‘glue’ cells make it their business to govern connections between neurons