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Created by @columbiauniversity.bsky.social to be the world's foremost neuroscience institute, we are deciphering the brain — how it develops, works, endures and recovers.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialThis year’s Nobel Prize honors optogenetics: a tool that has revolutionized neuroscience by allowing scientists to turn specific brain cells on and off with light. We congratulate the pioneers of this technology @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social and @uni-wuerzburg.de. 👏🧠👏
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialThis year's prestigious Wolf Prize in Medicine goes to our very own @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Charles Zuker: "For revolutionizing our understanding of taste, the last of our senses to be elucidated.”
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@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialDon't miss next week's event, Embodied Memory:
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Sarah Ruhl, Kathy Chalfant, and Daphna Shohamy, PhD, will explore the connections between storytelling, performance, and the science of the mind.
@cancerdynamics.bsky.socialReposted by @zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialHave you seen Dr. Genevera Allen’s Faces of IICD feature? 🎥
A Professor of Statistics, @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social affiliate, & IICD core member, Dr. Allen develops machine learning and statistical methods to turn complex data into scientific insight.
Watch the full feature: youtu.be/ReVQT3MAjuw
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialDon't miss our Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture: Finding Meaning in Memories. Tomorrow, 6:30 PM (EST): zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/stavros-niar...
Three experts will bridge computational and experimental neuroscience approaches to examine the role memory plays in our lives.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialCongratulations to Briana McRae, PhD, for her new @rockefellerinst.bsky.social New York State Science Policy Fellowship! The fellowship recognizes her research on motherhood brain changes and her advocacy for federal research funding:
@rockefellerinst.bsky.socialReposted by @zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialWe're thrilled to announce our third cohort of NYS Science Policy Fellows! These PhD scientists are working with the NYS executive and legislature to bring additional scientific expertise to bear on important policy problems.
👇 Meet the fellows! 🧵
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social@npr.org reports on a recent Sawtell lab discovery of brain cells that keep electric fish from blinding themselves while sensing their environment. Listen here! www.npr.org/2026/09/04/n....
Read more at zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/electric-fis...
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialJoin us in October for the Teacher Institute for Neuroscience & Society! NYC middle school educators will explore the intersection of neuroscience and climate change through four interactive workshops. Earn a $400 stipend & 10 CTLE credits. Apply now bit.ly/teacher-neur...
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialImagine yelling while trying to listen. That’s kind of what electric fish do when they scan their environs by emitting and detecting electric fields. Nate Sawtell & team have discovered the mental circuitry that makes this feat possible @nature.com
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialWhich computer models of the brain best capture what an actual brain does? The Kriegeskorte lab and colleagues are answering this question by forcing AIs to disagree with each other, using bespoke images. Learn more in @natneuro.nature.com
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialCurious about the mind and brain? Join us during #BrainAwarenessWeek and learn more about the questions our scientists are asking about the brain. Be curious with us! 🧠 🔍💡
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialWhy study the brain? We asked students, professors and administrators at our institute. Their response: understanding this extraordinary organ is key to understanding ourselves, tackling devastating diseases like Alzheimer’s and building a better future for us all.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.socialIn a @statnews.com opinion piece, our CEO and Director Daphna Shohamy reflects on recent funding cuts for scientists-in-training. She asks, “What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?” Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...
