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01/12/2021

BRAIN INITIATIVE TOOLMAKERS NEWSLETTER

By: BRAIN Initiative Alliance

Newsletters will spotlight different BRAIN Initiative Investigators with tools, technologies, and/or theories ready for distribution to the research community to advance the field of neurotechnology.

Check out the first issue here!

Recent BRAIN
Initiative Articles

News
01/21/2021

A look back on the BRAIN Initiative in 2020 (and a look ahead to 2021)

By: BRAIN Initiative Alliance

Despite all the challenges that came during 2020, the U.S. BRAIN Initiative continues to thrive.

News
01/12/2021

As the brain plans movements, the middle frontal gyrus is listening

By: Brown University

A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region’s surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds.
News
01/11/2021

SCGB launches Bridge to Independence (BTI) Award

By: Simons Foundation

This award aims to facilitate the transition of the next generation of systems and computational neuroscientists to research independence by providing grant funding at the start of their professorships.
News
01/05/2021

The Democratization of Neuroscience

By: Simons Foundation

Broader access to resources and computing tools is changing how neuroscientists research and teach.
In the Press News
12/23/2020

Scientists discover how our brains track where we and others go

By: National Institutes of Health

In the Press News
12/23/2020

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health

By: National Institutes of Health

Events News
12/22/2020

Registration is open for the 2021 BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting!

By: National Institutes of Health

The 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting will take place virtually from June 15-17, 2021.
News
12/09/2020

BRAIN Publication Roundup – December 2020

By: National Institutes of Health

Improving two-color calcium imaging… Surprising evolutionary changes in interneuron types… Exploring how the basal ganglia multitasks behavior… Using mathematical models to study bat echolocation…
News
12/08/2020

How the brain remembers right place, right time

By: UT Southwestern Medical Center

Studies could lead to new ways to enhance memory for those with traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer’s disease.
News
12/01/2020

Cortex over reflex: Study traces circuits where executive control overcomes instinct

By: MIT (The Picower Institute)