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The BICAN Rapid Release Inventory provides early access to comprehensive single-cell data, aiming to accelerate brain research.
09.24.2024
A two-week summer camp for neuroscience students building bridges, surfacing insights, and teaching cutting-edge computational methods
09.23.2024
Researchers develop a machine learning approach to classify brain cells more precisely, which could aid studies into their role in health and disease.
08.20.2024
Washington Research Foundation grant will accelerate gene therapy development for the rare, devastating disorder.
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08.14.2024
Scientists have found a way to selectively target neurons damaged in spinal motor diseases.
05.07.2024
In his latest book, Koch navigates ‘the sheer wonder and miracle of existence and that we are conscious at all.’
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04.29.2024
(Photo credit: Technology Networks/iStock) BARseq reveals that peripheral inputs can alter the identity of cortical neurons during development.
04.24.2024
Nature study reveals the key role vision plays in shaping the brain’s mosaic of neurons.
04.10.2024
Allen Institute and Pacific Science Center partnership kicks off with a cerebral celebration
04.03.2024
Scientists used advanced, single-cell genomics and spatial mapping technologies to reveal this complex and rich cellular landscape.
03.16.2024
Researchers say this could lead to more targeted treatment approaches.
01.16.2024
In October 2023, an international group of scientists released an impressively detailed cell atlas of the human brain, published in 21 papers in the...
12.15.2023
Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest results of...
(Photo credit: Peter Greenwood for Quanta Magazine.) Recent efforts to map every cell in the human body have researchers floored by unfathomable...
12.13.2023
High-resolution atlas charts neural neighborhoods for more than 5,300 cell types
10.18.2023
New, high-resolution map of the brain will help researchers better diagnose and treat diseases.
Photo credit: Leterrior/NeuroCyto Lab (A vast initiative documents the many types of cells, such as the neurons above, that exist in human brains.)
Researchers have identified more than 3000 types of brain cells and human-specific features.
10.12.2023
You have 3,000+ different kinds of brain cells, and more insights from the largest human brain cell atlases created to date
10.09.2023
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes leaders who have demonstrated...
