In the Chinese calendar, 2013 is the Year of the Snake, and to celebrate we’ve compiled a list of interesting facts about how snakes have contributed to brain research. [Click for English version of graphic.] Snake venom Snake venom has been a rich source of reagents for neuroscience research. Venom from the many-banded krait, a […]
In the Chinese calendar, 2013 is the Year of the Snake, and to celebrate we’ve compiled a list of interesting facts about how snakes have contributed to brain research.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gloria Choi.
New method allows scientists to insert, delete genes with greater specificity.
Neurons in the brain of a transgenic mouse engineered to express a protein that emits light when neurons become active. Image: Qian Chen, Guoping Feng
Satra Ghosh is a research scientist in John Gabrieli’s lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
Warmest wishes this holiday season from your friends at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
Our researchers and staff are an amazing bunch of individuals. To thank them for their efforts this past year, we gave them “magic mugs” — they’re quite a hit.
Feng Zhang, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, is designing new molecular tools for manipulating the living brain. As a student, he played a major role in the development of optogenetics, a technology by which the brain’s electrical activity can be controlled with light-sensitive proteins. He is now working to […]
Warmest wishes this holiday season from your friends at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
