Neurotechnology

Picower Institute Neuroscientists don't just apply the latest technologies and methods for studying the brain, they also often invent them. To learn more about how researchers here work at, and expand, the frontiers of research, select them under Research Topics and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

January 2, 2024

Picower People

Assistant Professor Linlin Fan launches a lab to shine a finely focused, innovative spotlight on the neural basis of encoding knowledge.

November 6, 2023

Picower People

The Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Award recognizes Nedivi’s ongoing work to understand molecular and cellular mechanisms that enable the brain to adapt to experience

October 20, 2023

Research Findings

A flexible new tool both monitors and manipulates neural activity in the brains of large animals.

August 21, 2023

Research Findings

MIT researchers model and map how neurons across the tiny brain of a C. elegans worm encode its behaviors, revealing many new insights about the robustness and flexibility of its nervous system

July 1, 2023

New Research

A three-year fellowship will support Brady Weissbourd’s research on how the C. hemisphaerica jellyfish survives and thrives by constantly making new neurons.

April 10, 2023

Research Findings

Blood flow induced by visual stimulation drives the flow of cerebrospinal fluid

March 10, 2023

Research Findings

When astrocyte function is disrupted, neurons in the brain’s motor cortex struggle to execute and refine motion, a new study in mice shows.

February 2, 2023

Study reveals key cell structures and gene expression changes near amyloid plaques and tau tangles in mouse brain tissue

September 29, 2022

Picower People

Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.

August 29, 2022

Research Findings

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time

August 15, 2022

Picower People

As he works to solve an advanced problem at the intersection of computing and neurobiology, Picower Institute post-baccalaureate scholar Eric Bueno is also thinking of how he could pay his experience forward

July 29, 2022

Research Findings

Using organoids to model early development, researchers used an emerging microscopy technology to see that new neurons struggled to reach their developmental destination

New Picower Investigator advances optical methods to study learning and memory

Award honors Elly Nedivi’s research on cortical plasticity

A multifunctional tool for cognitive neuroscience

Cracking the code that relates brain and behavior in a simple animal

New award funds study of a remarkable example of neural regeneration

Fluid flow in the brain can be manipulated by sensory stimulation

Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements

Researchers map brain cell changes in Alzheimer’s disease

Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education

Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

At a research forefront, young scholar looks ahead to graduate school, chance to mentor others

Advanced imaging reveals mired migration of neurons in Rett syndrome lab models