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Laura Lewis Awarded 2021 Sloan Fellowship
Professor Laura Lewis of the CSN has been awarded the 2021 Sloan Fellowship. Read the full story, including an interview Read more
How Canary Songs Can Teach Us About Memory
New study from BU research team suggests how songbirds can use the memory of past song sequences to choose what Read more
New Article published in PLOS Computational Biology by Yannis Paschalidis describes bio-inspired algorithms for aerial drone flight
A rather unusual situation recently unfolded inside a laboratory—moths playing a “video game,” flitting their wings as they navigated through Read more
Center for Systems Neuroscience Distinguished Fellows Openings for 2020
Post-doctoral positions will be available as Center for Systems Neuroscience Distinguished Fellows at Boston University for new applicants with extensive Read more
New article published in Science by Laura Lewis reveals the first-ever images of cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep
New research from Boston University suggests that tonight while you sleep, something amazing will happen within your brain. Your neurons Read more
New article published in Nature by Xue Han describing a novel voltage sensor
Brain cells function using rapid electrical impulses, a process that underlies our thoughts, behavior, and perception of the world. Yet, Read more
New article published in Annals of Neurology by Ann McKee discovers a strong link between time of football play and CTE
For every year of absorbing the pounding and repeated head collisions that come with playing American tackle football, a person’s Read more
How Do You Manipulate A Memory? An Interview with Steve Ramirez
Steve Ramirez, an assistant professor at Boston University College of Arts & Sciences, believes that a small structure in the Read more
New article published in Nature Communications by Michael Hasselmo describes neuronal representations of environmental boundaries in egocentric coordinates
Someday, as autonomous cars speed down our roadways and robots perform elaborate rescue operations too risky for humans to carry Read more
Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits
Professor Robert M.G. Reinhart (CSN) and doctoral student John A. Nguyen published a new study in Nature Neuroscience that demonstrates Read more