Obama announces the BRAIN Initiative

tmaroni — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:25:08 +0000

Questions for John Donoghue

Brown faculty join U.S. BRAIN initiative

tmaroni — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:55:10 +0000

Brown faculty join U.S. BRAIN initiative

Investing in the brain

whitehouse.gov

NIH Director Francis Collins and President Barack Obama announce the BRAIN Grand Challenge.

Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Graduate Program Speaker Series

tmaroni — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:04:44 +0000

Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Graduate Program Speaker Series

This lecture series has been a special 2012-2013 year-long series featuring prominent Brown alumni celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Department of Neuroscience

Final speakers for 2013 are:
April 4 Jonathan Fritz, University of Maryland
April 18 Amy Arnsten, Yale
April 25 William Catterall, Univ of Washington
May 2 Michael Long, NYU
May 9 Michael Shadlen, University of Washington

John M. K. Mislow Memorial Lecture

tmaroni — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:27 +0000

John M. K. Mislow Memorial Lecture
An annual lecture honoring Dr. Mislow’s clinical and research pursuits

Thursday, May 9, 2013

5:00 pm Coffee reception
5:30 pm Lecture
6:30 pm Formal Reception

Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences
Marcuvitz Auditorium
185 Meeting Street
Brown University
(please note new venue and time)

Guest Speaker:
Philip A. Starr, MD PhD
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UCSF
Dolores Cakebread Endowed Chair in Neurological Surgery

Misregulated genes may have big autism role

rdavenpo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0000

A genetic pathway involving proteins in the endosomes of cells appears to be misregulated in the brains of children with autism. BIBS scientists published the findings in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Previously the genes were shown to cause rare forms of the disease but the new study suggests they have a wider role.