School of Science announces Infinite Mile Awards for 2018
Seven staff members honored for their outstanding contributions to the MIT community.
Department
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Ed Boyden receives 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award
MIT scientist is among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics.
Researchers identify important role for gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism
Study finds that major vault protein is needed for homeostatic plasticity.
Lending mind, hand, and heart
Senior Isabella Pecorari is building supportive communities at MIT and beyond.
Study finds early signatures of the social brain
Children as young as 3 have brain network devoted to interpreting thoughts of other people.
MIT and Harvard join forces to address early childhood literacy
Reach Every Reader aims to end early literacy crisis.
Study reveals how the brain tracks objects in motion
Timing and speed are both important for making accurate estimates of how an object will travel.
Viral tool traces long-term neuron activity
New technique is nontoxic to cells, should allow scientists to study neuron function for months or years instead of weeks.
Edward Boyden named inaugural Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology
Neuroengineering leader appointed to new professorship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
Seeing the brain's electrical activity
Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons' electrical communications, without electrodes.
Putting the brain at the center of anesthesiology
Emery N. Brown explains how statistics and neuroscience improve anesthesiology at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting.
Researchers advance CRISPR-based tool for diagnosing disease
With SHERLOCK, a strip of paper can now indicate presence of pathogens, tumor DNA, or any genetic signature of interest.
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them.
MIT neuroscientists give "invisible" cells a new look
With a new grant, a Picower Institute team is studying the role of astrocytes, which may partner with neurons to process information in the brain.
Study reveals molecular mechanisms of memory formation
Neuroscientists discover a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific synapses.