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Seeing the Brain in Fuller View – Faculty Highlight, MIT ILP
Recently, MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) highlighted Elly as a featured faculty – the article details the aims of the lab both scientifically and technically. We seek to improve our understanding of neuropsychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder, and to collaboratively push imaging technology forward through working with colleagues like Peter So, professor of mechanical…
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Picower Institute 20th Anniversary – Jerry Chen
Jerry Chen, Nedivi lab alumnus, speaking at the Picower Institute 20th Anniversary Symposium
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The Picower Institute 20th Anniversary
The Picower Institute: 20 Years of Discovery & Impact
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Diversifying the Field Through Mentorship and Scientific Exposure
Corey Harwell, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, aims to create a diverse, collegial, and collaborative lab environment. Part of that stems from the influence of his own ambitious and caring mentors who supported his career step-by-step, often by sharing new research opportunities he wouldn’t have known existed. Here, he reflects on those relationships,…
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‘Researching from Home’: Picower science stays strong even at a distance
With all but a skeleton crew staying home from each lab to minimize the spread of Covid-19, scores of Picower Institute researchers are immersing themselves in the considerable amount of scientific work that can done away from the bench. With piles of data to analyze, plenty of manuscripts to write, new skills to acquire and…
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Mental Health meets foundational research at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
Mental Health meets foundational research at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
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How neurons lose their connections – MIT School of Science
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office MIT NEWS OFFICE, How neurons lose their connections, Jan 14, 2016 Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function. One way that neurons weaken their synapses is by swallowing up receptors on their surfaces that normally respond to…
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Neurotalk with Elly Nedivi
Elly Nedivi, Professor of Neurobiology at MIT, talks about structural plasticity of inhibition, screening for plasticity genes, and running buddies at Stanford University.
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Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
Researchers will advance our understanding of the human mind and discover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure neurological disorders. Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first round of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative award recipients, including several MIT interdisciplinary teams. The BRAIN Initiative, spearheaded by President Obama in…
