Dr. Paul Tesar Launches New Company Aimed at Treating Neurological Disease
A new company called Convelo Therapeutics based on the work of Case Western Reserve University’s Paul Tesar, DPhil, and Drew Adams, PhD, announced its launch on...
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Dr. Winrich Freiwald Uncovers Possible Origin Of Human Speech
One important distinction between humans and other animals is that humans have the ability to speak. Most animals can communicate with noises and gestures, but conversing...
Scientists Develop New Protocol for Generating Brain Organoids
In a collaborative study between Case Western Reserve University, the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, and George Washington University, researchers have developed a...
NYSCF Collaboration Adds Missing Functionality to Brain Organoids
Protocol adds a new cell type enabling myelination in human ‘mini-brains’ for laboratory research New York, NY (July 25, 2018) – In a collaborative study between...
How Does Our Environment Dictate The Way We Navigate?
The way we make our way through our environment and determine our position in space differs depending on where we are. If we are somewhere with...
What Can Fruit Fly Courtship Tell Us About the Neural Basis of Motivation?
Why study the love lives of fruit flies? According to scientists at Harvard Medical School including NYSCF – Robertson Investigator and Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Dragana...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Uncovers Evolutionary Secrets Behind Fruit Fly Mate Selection
A bunch of fruit flies gather around an overripe fruit. It’s the fruit fly version of a bar on a Saturday night, and these flies see...
Unlocking How Our Brain Controls The Musicality Of Speech
When we speak, the inflection in our voices makes a difference. The way we change our pitch can indicate whether a sentence is a question or...
Biotech Company Founded By Dr. Justin Ichida Receives Fast-Track Grant
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have awarded a 3.7 million dollar Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast-Track grant to a biotech company...
From Blood to Brain: NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Turns Immune Cells Into Neurons
According to a new study from NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Alumnus and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize recipient Marius Wernig, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Institute...
New Research Uncovers Neural Basis Behind Speech Production
A lot goes into the process of speaking. In addition to choosing our words, we also must also coordinate movements of over 100 muscles in our...
NYSCF Innovator Featured In New York Times Article On Medical Breakthroughs
“Between his thumb and forefinger. Dr. Sergiu Pasca held up a small vial of liquid. Inside floated a milky ball of cells — the early stages...
Four NYSCF Innovators Named 2018 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
This week, NYSCF – Robertson Investigators Feng Zhang, PhD (MIT), Ed Boyden, PhD (MIT), Gaby Maimon, PhD (The Rockefeller University), and Zachary Knight, PhD (University of...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Sergiu Pasca Receives A.E. Bennett Award From Society Of Biological Psychiatry
This week, NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Sergiu Pasca, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, received the A.E. Bennett Award from...
NYSCF Innovators Develop Method For Controlling Brain Activity With Holograms
The phrase “encoding sensations into the brain using holograms” sounds pretty sci-fi, but a new study from NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigators Stephen Brohawn, PhD, Assistant Professor in...
What Happens In The Brain During Observational Learning?
Humans engage in observational learning all the time. It is exactly what it sounds like. If you observe your friend getting sick after eating some questionable...
How Do MRI Contrast Agents Affect The Body?
When you get an MRI, you are often given something called a contrast agent. A contrast agent is a compound that helps increase the clarity of...
Three NYSCF Innovators Receive Prestigious Awards
NYSCF — Robertson Investigators Claire Wyart, PhD, of the Brain & Spine Institute, France, Maria Lehtinen, PhD, of Boston Children’s Hospital, and Ed Boyden, PhD, of...
NYSCF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Melissa Nirenberg Speaks At American Academy of Neurology Annual Conference
NYSCF’s Chief Medical Officer Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD, spoke at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual conference in Los Angeles. This meeting convenes medical professionals, students,...
Dr. Ed Boyden Shares How To Map And Repair The Brain
From controlling the brain with light to producing a movie to treat Alzheimer’s, the work of NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Alumnus and MIT professor Ed Boyden,...
NYSCF—Robertson Investigator Discovers Differences Between Opioid Receptors
If anyone has ever told you that your pain is “all in your head”, in a way, they’re right. The brain modulates how we feel pain...
NYSCF Innovators Explore How Methylation Affects Motor Neuron Development
Before a motor neuron can become a motor neuron, it has to undergo some important changes. One of these changes happens through a process called methylation....
What Causes Brain Wrinkles?
Why do our brains have wrinkles? The simple answer is to make them more efficient. Scientists think that as we evolved and our cortexes expanded, our...
Drumroll, Please! NYSCF Innovator Discovers That Neurons Fire in a Percussion-Like Pattern
New research shows that our neurons aren’t firing in a random electrical storm of activity—they’re following a controlled pattern. NYSCF — Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus and MIT...
NYSCF Innovator Discovers Mechanism Leading to Toxic Buildup in ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia
New research from the lab of NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Justin Ichida, PhD, at the University of Southern California suggests that a faulty gene can cause...