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Designer Receptors Permit Bi-Directional Control of Neuronal Activity
BRAIN Initiative awardee Dr. Bryan Roth recently co-authored a paper in Neuron unveiling the second generation of DREADDs (Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs), tools that will allow researchers to turn neuronal activity on and off in multiple cell types simultaneously.
- Neuroscience Research and Technology
David Tank Awarded “The Brain Prize”
BRAIN Initiative awardee and Multi-Council Working Group member, Dr. David Tank, alongside three collaborators, recently received the European Brain Research Foundation “Brain Prize” for his contributions toward the development of two-photon microscopy.
- Neuroscience News
Karl Deisseroth wins prestigious Albany Prize
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, will receive the 2015 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, in honor of his pioneering role in the development of optogenetics, a technology for using light to control the activity of neurons, as well as for CLARITY, a method for transforming intact organs into transparent polymer gels to allow high-resolution visualization of biological structures.
- Neuroscience News
New Article Highlights How NIH BRAIN Could Catalyze Neuroscience Discovery
The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director BRAIN Working Group recently published an article in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B that discusses how the NIH BRAIN Initiative aims to produce neurotechnologies and tools that will support giant leaps forward in neuroscience research.
- Neuroscience Research and Technology
Brain Research through Advancing Neurotechnologies: Insights from The BRAIN Initiative℠ Multi-Council Working Group
The BRAIN Initiative℠ goal is to develop neurotechnologies that will enable scientists “to map the circuits of the brain, measure the fluctuating patterns of electrical and chemical activity flowing within those circuits, and understand how their interplay creates our unique cognitive and behavioral capabilities.” On March 4, 2015 the NIH BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) met for the second time to disc
- Neuroscience News
NIH Workshop Focuses on Ethical Considerations of Neuroscience Research
In 2013 President Obama asked the Presidential Commission on Bioethics to review the ethical issues associated with the conduct and implications of neuroscience research. Their report, Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics and Society, outlines many of the key areas for thought, dialog and planning. A major recommendation of the Commission was that neuroethics should be integrated into the planning and scientific activity of The BRAIN Initiative℠.
- Neuroscience News
March 4, 2015, meeting of the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group will meet at the Neuroscience Center Building (6001 Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD).
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2016 BUDGET PROPOSES INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE BRAIN INITIATIVE
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) InitiativeSM is a bold undertaking aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. Since its inception in April of 2013, it has grown to include five Federal agencies – the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).
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FNIH AWARDS KARL DEISSEROTH 2015 LURIE PRIZE
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has awarded the 2015 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences to Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University. Dr.
- Neuroscience News