Playing chess, not checkers: Neurons dynamically control their myelin patterns December 18, 2020 Researchers identify a new level of complexity in how the brain responds to stimuli ... Read more about Playing chess, not checkers: Neurons dynamically control their myelin patterns
Reversing aging in the eye December 18, 2020 Scientists develop a gene therapy to reverse age-related vision loss and glaucoma damage in mice ... Read more about Reversing aging in the eye
A large-scale tool to investigate the function of autism spectrum disorder genes December 3, 2020 Scientists apply the “Perturb-Seq” method to a living organism for the first time ... Read more about A large-scale tool to investigate the function of autism spectrum disorder genes
Healing spinal cord injuries without scars October 12, 2020 HSCI researchers find that spinal cord repair relies on specialized cells ... Read more about Healing spinal cord injuries without scars
HSCI scientist receives awards to study Parkinson’s Disease September 21, 2020 HSCI Principal Faculty member Vikram Khurana has received three awards to advance his innovative research on Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that impacts millions of patients around the world. Khurana is a winner of the “Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging... Read more about HSCI scientist receives awards to study Parkinson’s Disease
HSCI scientists join collaboration to study the aging brain September 4, 2020 Researchers awarded funding by the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Two HSCI scientists have joined the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain. Funded by the... Read more about HSCI scientists join collaboration to study the aging brain
An engineering approach to shape neuronal connections June 8, 2020 Precise control over neuron growth paves the way for repairing injuries, improving brain models ... Read more about An engineering approach to shape neuronal connections
Gut microbiome influences ALS outcomes May 13, 2020 HSCI scientists identify gut-brain connection in ALS ... Read more about Gut microbiome influences ALS outcomes
Genetic control of collective behavior March 16, 2020 Research reveals how genes related to psychiatric conditions can influence group behavior in zebrafish ... Read more about Genetic control of collective behavior
A map of the aging brain October 15, 2019 HSCI researchers take a single-cell dive into how aging affects gene expression in the mouse brain ... Read more about A map of the aging brain
Engineered ‘off-the-shelf’ stem cells target breast cancer that metastasizes to the brain Wednesday, March 10, 2021
HSCI co-director leads multi-institutional center to advance type 1 diabetes researchTuesday, February 23, 2021
