The BRAIN Blog

Please join us for two upcoming virtual meetings: the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group on Thursday, August 20, 2020 and the Multi-Council Working Group on Friday, August 21, 2020. Videocast will be available for the open sessions of both meetings.

We hope that everyone is remaining safe and healthy. As we continue to navigate the evolving coronavirus public health crisis, many of our upcoming meetings are now being held virtually.

Neuroethics Working Group meeting – Thursday, August 20, 2020

Unraveling neural contributors to position tracking errors in aging humans… A switch to shut off pain… Inducing torpor in mice in order to understand hibernation states… A novel and noninvasive improvement for optogenetics…

Utilizing virtual environments and machine learning to understand path integration in young and aged populations

These three BRAIN Initiative funding opportunities span from developing new theories and computational models, to creating tools for gene editing in marmosets and next generation human brain imaging. Application due dates are coming up in September and October.

RFA-EB-20-001 Proof of Concept Development of Early Stage Next Generation Human Brain Imaging (U01; Reissue of RFA-EB-19-001)

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, NIH has revised its page on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to align with implementation of recent guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for recipients affected by COVID-19.

Novel neural network translates cortical activity to text… Low-carb diet may prevent and reverse brain aging… Transcriptomic characterization of rare von Economo neurons… Deep learning model predicts Parkinson’s symptomology...

Encoder-decoder framework translates human cortical activity to text

Recently, the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group met to discuss future funding opportunities and the sixth annual BRAIN Initiative^® Investigators meeting convened BRAIN-funded researchers, stakeholders, and the public to share and discuss the latest discoveries.

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

Dear BRAIN Investigators,

NIH seeks input on enhancing scientific and workforce diversity through the BRAIN Initiative. Public comments will be accepted through this Request for Information (RFI) through August 31, 2020.

Please join us for two upcoming virtual meetings: The Multi-Council Working Group meeting on May 22, 2020, and the sixth annual BRAIN Initiative^® Investigators meeting on June 1-2, 2020.

We hope that everyone remains safe and healthy during the evolving coronavirus public health crisis. As you may know, many of our upcoming meetings will now be held virtually.

Multi-Council Working Group meeting – Friday, May 22, 2020