The BRAIN Blog

This three-day, hybrid workshop, taking place August 5-7, 2024, provides an opportunity to learn about multiphoton characterization of fluorescent probes. Registration is now open! 

Dr. Christopher Lee Hughes is an F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to study how the brain processes sensory information. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising postdoctorates early in their postdoctoral training period.

Last month, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative’s Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) reviewed BRAIN program updates and learned about new and upcoming projects.

A recently-issued media advisory spotlights the upcoming BRAIN Initiative Conference on June 17 – June 18, including a plenary session entitled “Building on a Decade of Innovation.” This special plenary panel will provide complementary perspectives from renowned leaders in the field who will look ahead at the next 10 years and beyond for neuroscience, neurotechnologies, and the power of BRAIN Initiative innovations in driving discovery toward cures.   

The 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference: A Decade of Innovation will take place on June 17-18, 2024. Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), shares what’s to come in his latest Director’s Message.  

The BRAIN Initiative is marking a milestone—10 years of advancing neuroscience and neurotechnology research by funding innovative projects. As part of a rotating series of blog posts, the Directors of the BRAIN Initiative-partnering Institutes and Centers share their voice and perspectives on the impact BRAIN has made on their respective missions—and vice versa.  

A team of BRAIN researchers have successfully captured real-time, high-resolution images of the developing mouse placenta during pregnancy. These results provide key insights into placental development under both healthy and pathological conditions. 

Please join us on June 17-18 at this year’s Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference for our exceptional symposia. The 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation is just weeks away. If you haven’t yet registered for this hybrid event, there is still time to join us.

The BRAIN Initiative is marking a milestone—10 years of advancing neuroscience and neurotechnology research by funding innovative projects. As part of a rotating series of blog posts, the Directors of the BRAIN Initiative-partnering Institutes and Centers share their voice and perspectives on the impact BRAIN has made on their respective missions—and vice versa.  

By Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, Director, NIMH

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