Revolutionizing the Cell Mapping Process
Posted on February 12th, 2024
UConn Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology Linnaea Ostroff takes an alternate approach to imaging multiple molecules in tissue samples, a process known as multiplexing
Odors May Prompt Certain Brain Cells to Make Decisions
Posted on February 12th, 2024
Researchers find key cells in the hippocampus that may play a role in quick decision-making
U-M researchers receive award to advance groundbreaking research
Posted on January 24th, 2024
The University of Michigan’s Biosciences Initiative has selected five accomplished scientists as the 2024 recipients of the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award.
New tech tracks when brain cells shut down — here’s why it matters
Posted on January 24th, 2024
'Scientists have been looking for a way to look at inhibition in a more trackable way, and until now, few have found it.'
Surprisingly simple model explains how brain cells organize and connect
Posted on January 23rd, 2024
Scientists from UChicago, Harvard, and Yale propose a self-organizing model of connectivity that applies across a wide range of organisms and potentially other types of networks as well.
Seven technologies to watch in 2024
Posted on January 23rd, 2024
Advances in artificial intelligence are at the heart of many of this year’s most exciting areas of technological innovation
Transforming Clinical Recording of Deep Brain Activity with a New Take on Sensor Manufacturing
Posted on January 18th, 2024
The new approach allows minimally-invasive, high-resolution recording as deep as 10cm/4in inside the human brain.
Surprisingly simple model explains how brain cells organize and connect
Posted on January 18th, 2024
A new study by physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Chicago, Harvard and Yale describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking.
Next-generation 7 T scanner ramps the resolution of brain MR imaging
Posted on January 18th, 2024
An ultrahigh-resolution 7 tesla (T) MRI scanner seven years in development can generate functional brain images with 10 times better spatial resolution than current 7 T scanners, and over 180 times more de
National Institutes of Health Announces Launch of Phase 2 of the $6M TARGETED Challenge
Posted on December 14th, 2023
NIH Advances Revolutionary Genome Editing Challenge with $2.5M Prize Pool in Phase 2