From the BRAIN Director
Reflecting on Another Year of Exciting BRAIN Research
November 22, 2021
The National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative continues to grow as reflected by more than 200 new research projects funded in fiscal year 2021, totaling over $540 million. In keeping with the extraordinary breadth of BRAIN, this year’s research portfolio spans a broad array of scientific endeavors – from single-cell biology to synapses to circuits – in model organisms like fruit flies and zebrafish and also with support from human research participants.
Videos
BRAIN Initiative Overview to National Institute of Mental Health Council (Sept 2020)
BRAIN Director’s update to the Multi-Council Working Group (Aug 2020)
In The News
Scientists Map a Key Circuit of Cells in the Brain
October 7, 2021
How the World’s Biggest Brain Maps could Transform Neuroscience
October 6, 2021
New Brain Maps could Help the Search for Alzheimer's Treatments
October 6, 2021
NIH BRAIN Initiative Unveils Detailed Atlas of the Mammalian Primary Motor Cortex
October 6, 2021
The Connected Connectome
February 25, 2021
The Connected Connectome Part 2: Beyond the Fly
March 22 2021
Q&A: New NIH BRAIN Initiative Director on Accomplishments, Aspirations
Winter 2021
BRAIN Initiative’s first director sets sights on clinical tools
February 4, 2020
About the BRAIN Director
John J. Ngai, Ph.D. is the Director of the NIH's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Ngai earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology from Pomona College, Claremont, California, ...
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