How An Extra-Intricate Type of Origami Inspired a New Window into the Brain
The Context: Brain organoids – 3D avatars of human brain tissue made from stem cells – are a revolutionary tool for studying disease. However, it has...
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Predicting Chronic Pain in the Brain
The Context: Roughly 50 million Americans experience chronic pain (persistent or recurrent pain lasting longer than 3 months), but we do not have adequate methods for...
2022 in Review
As NYSCF enters 2023, we’re taking a moment to look back at the defining moments of 2022. Whether it was gathering in person again for our...
Human Brain Cells Take Up Residence In Rat Brains to Illuminate the Secrets of Neuropsychiatric Disease
The Context: Neuropsychiatric disorders are notoriously hard to study due to their complexity and the inaccessibility of human brain tissue for experimentation. However, recent advances in...
Replacing the Brain’s Cleanup Machinery to Treat Neurological Disease
The Context: Microglia are resident immune cells of the brain that are constantly patrolling the central nervous system to eliminate dead or damaged cells. Defects in...
The Stem Cell Science You Won’t Want to Miss at The NYSCF Conference
Annually for the past 15 years, the NYSCF Conference has showcased the latest cutting-edge findings in translational stem cell research, gathering world-renowned multi-disciplinary speakers and 500+...
Bat Brains Offer A Glimpse into How We Navigate Through the World
The Problem: Human spatial navigation abilities are incredibly complex, and can go awry in diseases like Alzheimer’s. We know that the brain has specialized ‘place cells’...
He Lost His Voice in 2003. Now, Thanks to a Brain Implant, He’s Getting it Back.
The Problem: For patients with paralysis or diseases that impact muscle movement such as ALS, Parkinson’s, or cerebral palsy, the lack of effective ways to communicate...
How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize the Way We Study, Diagnose, and Treat Mental Illnesses
It’s a difficult time for mental health: the social isolation, fear, and economic fallouts surrounding COVID-19 have ushered in a wave of anxiety, depression, and addiction...
Creating a Human Nerve Circuit in a Dish to Study Movement Disorders
The Context: Neuromuscular disorders such as ALS arise from degeneration of brain cells that send signals to the muscles, and there are no treatments that address...
NYSCF Innovator Collaboration Creates A New Tool for Tracking Brain Activity in Disease Research
The Context: One of the most useful ways for brain researchers to observe the activity of neurons is through a technique called calcium imaging, but current...
Thoughts to Text: Edward Chang’s Implant Turns Brain Signals to Written Words With Up to 97% Accuracy
The Context: There is an urgent need for new methods to allow effective communication for patients who have lost speaking or gesturing abilities to stroke, paralysis,...
Ed Boyden Awarded Wilhelm Exner Medal
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus and Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT Ed Boyden, PhD, will receive the prestigious 2020 Wilhelm Exner Medal...
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...
Speak Your Mind: Edward Chang Pioneers Device That Translates Brain Activity Into Speech
The Context: Patients suffering from stroke, paralysis, ALS, Parkinson’s, and many other conditions are often left with impaired speaking and gesturing abilities, and there are few...
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...
Dr. Ed Boyden Pioneers Method For 3D Printing Nanoscale Objects
What They Did: A team led by NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator, MIT Professor of Neurotechnology, and Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive...
Dr. Valentina Fossati Hunts for the Biomarkers Behind MS
What They Did: Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Montana State University along with NYSCF Senior Principal Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati examined cerebrospinal...
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...
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...
Translational Research Takes Center Stage at NYSCF Conference
“Medicine shouldn’t be one size fits all,” National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins told the audience of the NYSCF Conference last week. “Think...
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...
NYSCF Method Advances Understanding of Alexander Disease
A team from the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope led by Dr. Yanhong Shi reports in Cell Stem Cell that it has developed a new stem cell...