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BRAIN Publication Roundup – January 2021

Creating a 3D atlas of nerve innervation in the pancreas…Instinct and experience drive the cortical plasticity needed for maternal behavior…A new central amygdala fear circuit…Shedding light on visual discrimination circuits in primates….

Scientists create a whole-organ 3D atlas of pancreatic nerve fibers in diabetes

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Upcoming January Meetings for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics and Multi-Council Working Groups

Please join us for two virtual NIH BRAIN Initiative meetings on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 and Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Videocast will be available for the BRAIN Neuroethics Working Group meeting and for the open session of the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group meeting.

Neuroethics Working Group meeting – Tuesday, January 26, 2021

  • Neuroscience News

Increase to Funds and Anticipated Awards for BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) Scalable Technologies and Tools

A recently issued Notice (NOT-MH-21-155) increases the available funds and anticipated number of awards for the notice of funding opportunity BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) Scalable Technologies and Tools for Brain Cell Census (RFA-MH-21-140).

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Imaging neural activity in tethered flying flies identifies brain regions that respond to visual stimuli only during flight

Research in Drosophila reveals context-dependent visual responses in a brain region thought to be involved in navigation during flight

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Resources From BRAIN Toolmakers Now on BRAIN Initiative Alliance Website

The BRAIN Initiative Alliance (BIA) website now offers a section for Toolmakers’ Resources, including the first issue of a new Toolmakers Newsletter, which features information about BRAIN Initiative tools, tech, and theories. Talk to BRAIN Initiative Toolmakers at the BIA Social today!

  • Neuroscience News

The NIH BRAIN Initiative at SfN’s Global Connectome Virtual Event on January 11-13, 2021

Please join us next week for a host of BRAIN Initiative activities at the Society for Neuroscience virtual event, including socials, posters, a virtual booth, and a chance to chat with BRAIN staff. 

  • Neuroscience News

Congress Passes Budget Bill: NIH BRAIN Initiative Receives $60M in Additional Funds for Fiscal Year 2021

A message to the community from Dr. John Ngai, Director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.

Dear BRAIN Community,

  • Neuroscience News

Registration is open for the 2021 BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting!

The 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting will take place virtually from June 15-17, 2021. 

  • Neuroscience News

Notices of Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021: Human Neuroscience, Clinical Studies, and Neuroimaging

This week, a series of daily blog posts highlight 28 BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for 2021. This last post features six funding opportunities for researchers to develop, test, and utilize next-gen neural devices and noninvasive neuroimaging methods to advance our knowledge about the brain.

 

Human Neuroscience and Clinical Studies

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Notices of Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021: Neural Recording, Modulation, and Stimulation

This week, a series of daily blog posts highlight 28 new and reissued BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for 2021. Today’s post summarizes four award opportunities focused on developing, improving, and advancing our understanding of neural recording, modulation, and stimulation methods in animals and humans.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding