From Casual to Compulsive: How Brain Circuitry Affects Alcohol Use
The Context: Alcohol use disorders affect roughly 15 million Americans, but why some people are more susceptible to compulsive drinking than others is not well understood....
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Precision Medicine and the Power of Stem Cells: Highlights of the 2019 NYSCF Conference
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, made a discovery that revolutionized biomedical research and earned him a Nobel Prize. His lab found that stem cells, the...
New Hope for a Rare and Deadly Neurological Disease
The Context: Pelizaeus – Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare neurological condition typically diagnosed in infancy which often becomes fatal by a patient’s teenage years. While...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna Vanessa Ruta Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna and Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Associate Professor Vanessa Ruta, PhD, of The Rockefeller University has been named...
Genetic Variants Synergize to Confer Schizophrenia Risk
The Context: Schizophrenia has a strong genetic component. Scientists have discovered many genetic variants that may play a role in its onset, but each individual variant...
Stem Cells Take to Space: NYSCF Collaboration Launches the First 3D Models of Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis to the International Space Station
On Thursday evening, SpaceX cargo flight CRS-18 took off from Cape Canaveral, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard for the 250-mile journey were brain...
In Determining Disgust vs. Attraction, Timing is Everything
The Context: To survive, animals learn from their surroundings. Forming associations with sights, sounds, and smells helps create a bank of information and behaviors that can...
On the Same Wavelength: Michael Yartsev Discovers that Bats’ Brains Sync When They Socialize
The Context: When humans talk to each other, there is a correlation in our brain activity—in some areas, it syncs up. But human studies have been...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows Gather in New York to Welcome New Class and Reconnect
The NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellowship Program supports the most talented postdoctoral scientists at critical junctures in their careers who are in the pursuit of innovative and...
Protecting Premature Babies from Brain Damage
The Context: It is estimated that 15 million babies are born prematurely each year, and a common premature birth complication is low oxygen levels. We know...
A Gut Feeling: Zachary Knight Discovers That Thirst is Controlled by Signals in the Gastrointestinal Tract
The Context: The brain has “thirst neurons” that help us know when we need water and when we don’t. But how these neurons receive information from...
Scientists Reconnect at Inaugural NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Alumni Meetings
Building a strong community of researchers committed to advancing cutting-edge science is critical for getting treatments and cures to patients as quickly as possible. Because of...
Supporting 30 Million Patients on Rare Disease Day
“At the current rate of therapeutic development for rare diseases, it will be 2000 years before doctors won’t have to say to patients, ‘There’s nothing more...
What Can Singing Mice Teach Us About Human Conversation?
The Context: The brain activity that enables the rapid back-and-forth of human conversation is likely disrupted in diseases or disorders that interfere with normal communication such...
What’s Next for Regenerative Medicine? NYSCF Drives Discussions at the World Stem Cell Summit
Last week, thousands of researchers and thought leaders gathered at the annual Phacilitate Leaders World and World Stem Cell Summit in Miami to discuss recent advancements...
How is Pain Processed in the Brain?
What they did: A team of researchers from Stanford University led by NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, and Perioperative and...
3 NYSCF – Robertson Investigators Receive Award from Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
It was announced last week that three NYSCF – Robertson Investigators have been named Ben Barres Early Career Investigators by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). This Early Career...
NYSCF-Supported Research Leads to Successful Phase 2 Clinical Trial for ALS
An epilepsy drug, initially tested using a stem cell model of ALS developed with NYSCF support, has successfully reduced motor neuron excitability (a hallmark of the...
Dr. Sergiu Pasca Receives Award from American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Congratulations to NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Sergiu Pasca, MD, for receiving the 2018...
Relieving Depression with Brain Stimulation
What They Did: A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco led by NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator and Professor of Neurological Surgery...
Dr. Edward Chang Explores the Basis of Mood Disorders
What They Did: A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco led by Professor of Neurological Surgery, neurosurgeon, and NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience...
How Does the Brain Stay Vigilant?
What They Did: A team of researchers from MIT led by NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator and Associate Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences Kay Tye,...
Researchers Uncover Clue to Brain Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
What they did: A team of scientists including NYSCF Scientific Advisor and Harvard University Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Dr. Kevin Eggan and NYSCF...
Dr. Sergiu Pasca Publishes Protocol for Developing Region-Specific Brain Organoids
What they did: NYSCF–Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Sergiu Pasca of Stanford University has pioneered a new method for generating 3D aggregates of region-specific brain tissue...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute and Tufts University to Collaborate on Neurodegeneration
Scientific teams will develop advanced stem cell models to improve understanding and treatment of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and similar diseases New York, NY (September 12, 2018) –...