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.

Kay Tye improvises to understand our inner lives

October 4, 2017
Recognition
Tweaking neurons in lab animals could help reveal what makes us individuals

New tool offers snapshots of neuron activity

June 26, 2017
Neurotechnology
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks.

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit necessary for memory formation

April 6, 2017
Research Findings
New findings challenge standard model of memory consolidation.

A delicate balance between positive and negative emotion

October 17, 2016
Research Findings
Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories.

Scientists identify neurons devoted to social memory

September 29, 2016
Research Findings
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.

Imaging the brain at multiple size scales

July 25, 2016
Neurotechnology
New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.

Neuroscience of Democracy Symposium

May 19
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
3rd Floor, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Symposia
Availability: Public Event

Aging Brain Seminar with Kang Shen, PhD, Stanford University

December 8
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar St
Picower Seminar Room (46-3310)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Aging Brain Seminars
Availability: Public Event

Picower Institute Fall Symposium "Circuits of Survival and Homeostasis"

October 21
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
3rd Floor, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Symposia
Availability: Public Event

The Neuro-Immune Axis and the Aging Brain

September 18
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
3rd Floor, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Symposia
Availability: Public Event

Aging Brain Seminar with Ramon C. Sun, PhD, University of Florida

August 5
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar St
Picower Seminar Room (46-3310)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Aging Brain Seminars
Availability: Public Event

Aging Brain Seminar with Andrew S. Yoo, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine

May 12
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

43 Vassar Street
3rd Floor, Picower Seminar Room (46-3310)
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

Event Type: Aging Brain Seminars
Availability: Public Event