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March 20, 2017 Phillip A. Sharp Lecture in Neural Circuits Sponsored by Biogen Idec “Unmarring the Perceptron: Lessons in Cerebellar Computing from Fish and Flies” Larry Abbott, Columbia University

New sensor could reveal the neurotransmitter’s role in learning and habit formation.

Neurobiologist honored for her work on how pheromones control brain function and behavior

$20 million gift from Lisa Yang and MIT alum Hock Tan to catalyze multidisciplinary autism research

New technology could help neuroscientists understand how dopamine influences brain activity.

McGovern researchers are finding neural markers that could help improve treatment for psychiatric patients. Ten years ago, Jim and Pat Poitras committed $20M to the McGovern Institute to establish the Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research. The Poitras family had been longtime supporters of MIT, and because they had seen mental illness in their own […]

On January 31, 2017, Joseph Buxbaum of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai delivers a talk entitled, “From Gene Discovery to Novel Therapeutics in Autism Spectrum Disorders.”

CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras ’63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.

MRI scans reveal surprising similarities in activity patterns of infant and adult visual cortex.

On December 13, 2016, Alvaro Pascual-Leone of Harvard Medical School delivered a talk entitled, “Characterizing and modulating brain networks.”