Associate Professor Jen-Wei Lin is participating in a NSF PoLS (Physics of Living Systems) grant awarded to Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston University. “Biophysical Mechanisms of Ultrasound Modulation of Cellular Functions in the MHz Domain” is a new 5-year, $750,000 grant. The goal of this grant is to investigate how ultrasound may stimulate neurons. The Lin Lab at BU will use crayfish neuromuscular junction to study the cellular mechanisms underlying ultrasound stimulation. Dr. Okada’s lab at Boston Children’s Hospital will investigate the effect of ultrasound on the brains of rats. Since ultrasound in MHz range may penetrate the skull, it has the potential to be developed into noninvasive brain stimulation technology.