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.
The BRAIN Blog
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
The BRAIN Initiative Seeks to Include More Diverse Fields of Science
Researchers from many scientific fields such as chemistry, physics, and engineering will be essential to the development of new tools and technology for studying the brain…
- Neuroscience News
BRAIN Publication Roundup – June 2016
Improved method for optimizing resolution of magnetic particle imaging with important medical applications… New technique allows for successful 3D imaging of deep brain tissue in awake animals… Development of a stable deep brain stimulation electrode for long-term implantation…
Better image resolution in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) improves its competitive edge against MRI and CT scanning technologies.
- Neuroscience Research and Technology