Fujitsu Laboratories and MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds and Machines broaden partnership
New investment supports intelligence research, student fellowships.
by Julie Pryor | October 5, 2018
Students from many universities collaborate on intelligence problems at the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines summer course in August 2018. Photo: Kris Brewer More News
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Re-creating autism, in mice
By mutating a single gene, researchers at MIT and Duke have produced mice with two of the most common traits of autism — compulsive, repetitive behavior and avoidance of social interaction.
They further showed that this gene, which is also…
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Roberta Sydney becomes Chair of Friends, welcomes new members
Roberta Sydney, Chair of the Friends and Circle of Willis Society.
The McGovern Institute is pleased to announce that Roberta Sydney SM ’88, a member of the McGovern Leadership Board, has accepted the invitation to serve as Chair of …
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Patricia and James Poitras ’63
The Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research was founded through a $20M commitment to the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT from Patricia and James Poitras ‘63. -
Doris and Donald Berkey ’43, SM’43
Doris and Donald Berkey ’42, SM ’43, of Naples, Florida, have donated $3 million to endow an MIT Professorship in neuroscience, with Robert Desimone, Director of the McGovern Institute, as the first incumbent.
Our decision …
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MIT’s McGovern Institute honors Emory neuroscientist for contributions to psychiatry
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McGovern Institute Scolnick Prize awarded to David Julius
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT announced today that David Julius, a physiologist at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), will be the 2007 recipient of the Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience. The Scolnick…
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McGovern Institute Presents 3rd Annual Scolnick Prize Lecture to Michael Greenberg
Leading researcher from Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School to discuss signaling networks that control synapse development and cognitive function -
McGovern Institute to present inaugural Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Research
The Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Research will be awarded on Friday April 23rd at the McGovern Institute at MIT, a leading research and teaching institute committed to advancing understanding of the human mind and communications.…