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A better way to culture central nervous cells

A more dependable scaffold for neural cell culture:

A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's patients provides a superior scaffold for growing central nervous system cells in the lab, Brown engineering researchers report. The findings could have clinical implications for producing neural implants and offers new insights on the complex link between the apoE4 apolipoprotein and Alzheimer's disease. Results appear in the journal Biomaterials.

(Distributed January 29, 2013)

Steven Pinker: Rhode Island Medical Society 200th Anniversary Lecture Series

Wed, Feb 13, 2013

Steven Pinker, Dept of Psychology, Harvard University
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Location: Salomon Auditorium 101, Brown campus
Lecture 5 pm | Reception 6 pm
Book sale & signing will immediately follow lecture
Rhode Island Medical Society 200th Anniversary Lecture Series
Co-sponsored by the Brown Institute for Brain Science and the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute at RI Hospital

(Distributed January 15, 2013)

BIBS/NPNI New Frontiers Awards Support Collaborative Research Projects

BIBS/NPNI New Frontiers Awards Support Collaborative Research Projects

Three interdisciplinary teams spanning basic science and clinical medicine have received New Frontiers research grants from the Brown Institute for Brain Science (BIBS) and the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute (NPNI). This is the first time that these two organizations have jointly funded research grants.

(Distributed December 17, 2012)

Brain Science Boosts Core Facilities

Brain Science Boosts Core Facilities

As part of Brown University’s commitment to brain science, Provost Mark Schlissel committed $1M to the Brown Institute for Brain Science (BIBS) for 2012-13 to support shared core facilities.  This program was designed to provide major new state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that Brown’s brain scientists have access to the cutting-edge equipment that they need to remain competitive.

 

(Distributed December 17, 2012)

Mammalian brain knows where it's at

A new study in the journalNeuron suggests that the brain uses a different region than neuroscientists had thought to associate objects and locations in the space around an individual. Knowing where this fundamental process occurs could help treat disease and brain injury as well as inform basic understanding of how the brain supports memory and guides behavior.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Where are you?

(Distributed December 5, 2012)
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