The BRAIN Blog

Are you going to the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference November 11 – 15, 2023? Join these exciting BRAIN-relevant events, socials, and sessions. 

Join the BRAIN Initiative Alliance on November 12, 2023, at the Tools, Tech and Theory Social during the 2023 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.  

The two virtual workshops, taking place on November 8 and November 21, will provide opportunities to learn more about FlyWire, a human-AI collaboration for reconstructing the full brain connectome of Drosophila. Registration is now open.

Dr. Alex Lesicko is an F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to investigate auditory neuroscience. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising postdoctorates early in their postdoctoral training period.

Share your science! Symposia submissions are now open for the hybrid 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference scheduled for June 16-18, 2024, in Bethesda, MD. Be a part of discussions exploring the exciting scientific developments, new directions, and collaborations that have grown out of a decade of BRAIN.  

A new detailed summary is available for a workshop held in July on the ethics of sharing human brain data, including recaps from panel presentations from researchers, ethicists, and research participants.

This interagency program solicitation by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health will support interdisciplinary high-risk/high-reward research to develop transformative advances for the biomedical and public health communities. 

New findings from the NIH BRAIN Cell Census Network (BICCN), an international collaborative, appear as 24 associated papers published in Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine.

Two BRAIN-funded studies in small groups of individuals demonstrate inclusion of DBS in therapy may improve treatment. A third BRAIN-supported paper explores questions regarding posttrial needs of study participants living with neural implanted devices and highlights the importance of integrating a neuroethical strategy from the beginning of a research project.

On August 28, 2023, the BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) held its 16th meeting. The NEWG is a group of experts in neuroethics and neuroscience that promotes the integration of neuroethics in NIH BRAIN Initiative activities.