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BRAIN Publication Roundup – September 2016

Advancements in cell classification strategies and steps toward a comprehensive mouse brain cell atlas…

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Additional Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2017 Focus on Data Archives, Standards for Experiments, Data Integration and Analysis, and Large-Scale Recording and Modulation

NIH has issued new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the NIH BRAIN Initiative® that address critical components of the BRAIN 2025 Report including the development of new theoretical and data analysis tools, the establishment of platforms for sharing data, and continued support of early-stage research in large-scale recording and modulation.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NSF Announces Data Resources for the BRAIN Initiative

In a recent Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 16-115), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced interest in novel approaches to manage, integrate, and analyze large and complex neuroscience data sets, as exemplified by data coming from the BRAIN Initiative.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH Announces Funding Concepts for Fiscal Year 2017

The upcoming year represents a transition point for NIH’s contribution to the BRAIN Initiative, with ambitious goals for scaling up initial efforts as well as plans in new areas such as technology dissemination, data coordination, and neuroethics. Details and specific contact information are available on the Cleared Initiatives page of the NIH BRAIN website.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

BRAIN Publication Roundup – August 2016

New far-red fluorescent protein developed… Improved brain imaging by reducing errors during post-processing… Sublayer-specific coding dynamics in hippocampal pyramidal cells…

Researchers discover a new class of fluorescent protein genes in cyanobacteria and develop a far-red fluorescent protein for potential use in vivo.

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Re-issued Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2017 Explore Novel Tools to Analyze Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain, Neuromodulation, and Human Brain Imaging and Recording

NIH has re-issued Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the NIH BRAIN Initiative that focus on the development of new tools for understanding brain cell types and circuits, technology to monitor neural activity, precision interventional tools, and tools for the advancement of human neuroscience.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

August Meeting of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group

The fifth meeting of the Multi-Council Working Group for the NIH BRAIN Initiative provided an update on scientific advancements, discussed BRAIN-related efforts across federal agencies and non-federal organizations, and cleared concepts for possible new funding opportunities for fiscal year 2017.

  • Neuroscience News

Upcoming Meetings for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group and Neuroethics Workgroup

Videocasts will be available for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group and Neuroethics Workgroup meetings on August 2nd and August 3rd

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Publication Roundup – July 2016

New classification of channelrhodopsin identified… Novel tool developed for studying cell lineages in whole organisms… Multi-area two-photon microscope monitors cortico-cortical dynamics…

Researchers discover new, functionally similar but structurally different cation channelrhodopsins.

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Exciting Advances from NIH’s Human Connectome Project

NIH-funded scientists map human brain in unprecedented detail…

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology