Dr. Melissa Nirenberg Joins NYSCF as Chief Medical Officer
Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD is joining NYSCF this September in a newly created role of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Nirenberg comes to NYSCF from the NYU...
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NYSCF Innovator Discovers Brain Network for Interpreting Social Interactions
How primates, including humans, easily and effortlessly process social interactions such as playing, fighting and grooming has historically been shrouded in mystery. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator...
NYSCF Innovator Maps Neural Circuit for Fly Navigation
To successfully exist, many animals keep track of their angular heading, or directionality, over time as they navigate their environments; however, the brain architecture enabling this...
NYSCF Innovator Explores Gamma Rhythm Synchronization in the Visual Cortex
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Hillel Adesnik and his team at the University of California, Berkeley, reported their latest work studying the effect of gamma band...
NYSCF Innovators Derive Microglia From Stem Cells
Your body is full of immune cells that fight off infection and illness. You’ve probably heard of a few of them: white blood cells, B cells,...
NYSCF Innovator Improves Neuron Derivation from Stem Cells
Creating consistent groups of mature neurons from stem cells remains challenging in the lab. NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell...
NYSCF Innovator Develops Mature, Diverse Brain “Organoids”
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Paola Arlotta and a team of researchers at Harvard University developed protocols to create human brain organoids, organ models...
NYSCF Innovator Shows Nerve Cells Resist Transforming Into Other Cell Types
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize recipient Dr. Marius Wernig of Stanford University published exciting results showing that nerve...
Stem Cells Enable Exploration of Rare Neurological Disease
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus Dr. Paul Tesar of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine collaborated with NYSCF scientists Dr. Valentina Fossati and...
Five Women Unite to Crack the Code of Multiple Sclerosis
In a collaborative tour de force, five female principal investigators, including NYSCF’s own Dr. Valentina Fossati, are uncovering the cellular mechanisms behind multiple sclerosis (MS). Over...
NYSCF Innovator Discovers Brain Cells Don’t Always Express Parent’s Genes Equally
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus Dr. Christopher Gregg and his team at the University of Utah School of Medicine discovered that neurons may favor genes...
NYSCF Innovator Highlights the Difficulties of Stem Cell Line Derivation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published her latest research using induced pluripotent stem...
NYSCF Innovator Explores How Behavior Modulates Vision Using Fruit Flies
It is a well known fact that vision modifies behavior; however, behavior can also modify vision. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus Dr. Gaby Maimon and...
NYSCF Innovators Use Stem Cells to Investigate Familial Dysautonomia
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Fabien Lafaille, The Rockefeller University, and NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus Dr. Gabsang Lee, Johns...
NYSCF Innovator Recipient of 2016 W. Alden Spencer Award
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Winrich Freiwald, associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University, received the 2016 W....
Manipulating Neurons to Understand the Brain
Multiple NYSCF Research Institute scientists and NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Michael Long, NYU Medical Center, authored a paper published in Nature Neuroscience. The researchers used a...
NYSCF Announces the Six Members of the 2016 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
NYSCF announced the 2016 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the most talented stem cell researchers and neuroscientists from around the world into...
Explaining Schizophrenia with Multiple Genes
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published their latest research exploring...
NYSCF Innovator Works to Understand the Zika Virus
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Dr. Hongda Li, The Rockefeller University, was first author on two papers investigating the zika virus. The first paper, published in Cell...
Thirst Neurons Anticipate Consequences of Eating and Drinking
Thirst as a motivator for animals to maintain healthy hydration has long been viewed as a homeostatic response to blood volume and other physiological factors; however,...
NYSCF Research Institute Teams Up With National Stem Cell Foundation to Advance Neurodegeneration Research
The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) and the NYSCF Research Institute announced that a grant from NSCF will be used to fund NYSCF research on cell...
Using Stem Cells to Study the Nervous System
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Gabsang Lee and a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently reported that a type of lab-grown human...
NYSCF Research Institute and Yumanity Therapeutics Announce Discovery Collaboration
The NYSCF Research Institute announced a new collaboration with Yumanity Therapeutics, a company focused on transforming drug discovery for diseases caused by protein misfiling, to generate...
NYSCF Innovator Studies Zebra Finch Neurons During Song Production
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Michael Long, NYU School of Medicine, published the latest research out of his lab in Neuron describing neuronal behavior in Zebra...
Understanding Brain Regeneration in Axolotls
Axolotls have the ability to regenerate multiple organs, including their brains, throughout the course of their lives. This makes them an ideal model to study brain...