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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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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 Innovator Pioneers Method For Imaging Electrical Activity In Neurons
Voltage is something scientists can measure with a multimeter, but it isn’t something we thought we could see with our eyes—until now. NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Alumnus...
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...
2017 Year in Review
As we enter 2018, NYSCF is taking a moment to look back on the milestones of 2017. With your support, we accelerated our research, began new...
NYSCF Innovator Develops Robotic System to Monitor Individual Neurons
Recording electrical signals from individual neurons inside the living brain is a rich source of information about brain function and the role that neuron plays; however,...
Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep brain stimulation via implanted electrodes has proven an effective therapy for Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and depression among other disorders; however, it remains an invasive and...
NYSCF Investigator Chills Brains to Understand Language
NYSCF-Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Michael A. Long, NYU, cooled areas of the brain associated with speech to see the effects on patients. Previously, neuroscientists have relied on...
NYSCF Investigator Understands Loneliness Under a Microscope
Scientists understand that socializing triggers the brain’s reward system. Brain cells in a specific region of the brain secrete dopamine, a chemical involved in addiction, movement...
Dr. Ed Boyden Awarded 2016 BBVA Foundation Award
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT Media Lab, has won the 2016 biomedicine BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his work developing...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Receives Breakthrough Prize
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT, received a Breakthrough Prize, an award of $3 million, and was celebrated like a star at the...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Creates New Technology to 3D Image Biological Samples
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT Media Lab, described in Science the newest technology developed in his lab for imaging biological samples. The technology,...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Develops New Way to Image Electrophysiology of Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden of MIT Media Lab, published his latest research in Nature Methods on a new platform to study electrophysiology...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden Publishes Latest Research
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden of MIT published his latest research in Nature Methods describing a new technique to study brain function by controlling two separate populations...
NYSCF Investigator Profiled in CNN on Neuroscience, Brain Activity Map
2012 NYSCF — Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, is the subject of an extensive feature on CNN.com. Boyden, a pioneering neuroscientist at MIT, has developed a new...
NYSCF Investigator and Pioneering Neuroscientist Awarded Brain Prize
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
NYSCF Investigator and Pioneering Neuroscientist Awarded Brain Prize
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
NYSCF Neuroscience Investigator Featured in the Wall Street Journal
NYSCF Investigator Ed Boyden’s pioneering work in the field of optogenetics is profiled in the Wall Street Journal. By genetically engineering mice, Boyden and his colleagues...