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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

NINDS Seeking Exceptional Candidates for the Position of Director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is recruiting for the position of Director of the NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative…

  • Neuroscience News

Presentations of International Brain Programs at Keystone Meeting

The “State of the Brain” Keystone Symposium offered a platform for investigators and funding groups to share their current scientific discoveries and discuss new and exciting future brain-related research….

  • Neuroscience News

NIH releases a Request for Information Seeking Guidance for Opportunities in Neuroethics

NIH solicits input to identify a set of core ethical issues associated with research involving the human brain and resulting from advancements in neurotechnology research and development….

  • Neuroscience News

Neuroethics Activities under the NIH BRAIN Initiative

A Neuroethics Workgroup will assist the NIH BRAIN Initiative in handling issues and problems involving ethics…

  • Neuroscience News

NIH BRAIN Initiative Publication Roundup – May 2016

Candidate viral entry receptor for Zika Virus in neural stem cells identified… researchers create 3D topographical map of motor cortex output projections… discovery of new type of On bipolar cell and spatiotemporal wiring specificity in retinal computation of direction…

A candidate entry receptor for Zika virus in neural stem cells may be linked to microcephaly.

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

NSF Funding Opportunity for Innovative Neuroscience-Based Computational Infrastructure

In a recent “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced funding opportunities for Innovative Computational Infrastructure for Understanding the Brain, directed to support initial exploratory actions for creating and sharing computing resources for studying the brain.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH BRAIN Initiative Publication Roundup – Late April 2016

Controlling neurons with radio waves…inhibition drives whisking behavior in mice…a new type of bright, fast, red fluorescent protein voltage indicator.

Radio waves regulate feeding behavior in mice by turning hypothalamus neurons on or off

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

International Brain Projects Considered

Dozens of scientists from around the world gathered in Baltimore this month to discuss ideas for ambitious global neuroscience projects

  • Neuroscience News