Broad, MIT researchers reveal structure of key CRISPR complex
Work uncovers secret of how genome-editing tool works as “guided missile” to correct errors in the genetic code.
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Optogenetic toolkit goes multicolor
New light-sensitive proteins allow scientists to study how multiple sets of neurons interact.
2014 Phillip A. Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits
In the 2014 Sharp Lecture, May-Britt Moser of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology described her work on “grid cells,” which she co-discovered with husband Edvard Moser in 2005. The activity of these cells suggests that the brain maps 2D space onto a grid from which the animal’s location can be computed.
Expanding our view of vision
Brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
SAPAP-4
Neurons in the mouse cerebellum, expressing the synaptic protein SAPAP-4. Image: Louis Tee and Guoping Feng
2014 Phillip A. Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits
SPEAKER: Dr. May-Britt Moser ORGANIZATION: Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience DATE + TIME: Wednesday February 5, 2014 at 4pm LOCATION: MIT Bldg 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium) ABSTRACT: The medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) is part of the brain’s circuit for dynamic representation of self-location. The metric of this representation is provided by grid cells, cells with spatial firing fields […]
A Personal Message from Lore Harp McGovern
Charles M. Vest’s death came much too early. I miss this man terribly, his kindness, his intelligence, his fairness and most of all his simple humanity. Chuck was President of MIT when we started our discussion about the possibility of the McGovern Institute to be located at MIT. He was enthusiastic, if not ecstatic, but exercised reserve […]
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McGovern Institute Holiday Greeting 2013
Wishing you a ball this holiday season — from your friends at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT!
Jisong Guan: McGovern Institute 2013 Fall Symposium
Jisong Guan, Tsinghua University “Chasing the memory traces in mammalian cortex” On November 4, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT hosted a joint symposium with the IDG/McGovern Institutes at Beijing Normal University, Peking University, and Tsinghua University. Guest speakers gave talks on subjects ranging from learning and memory to the neurobiology of disease. […]