Kilachand Center’s New MRI Scanner Yields Outstanding Data
CNC team invites neuroscientists across both BU campuses to use machine Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, who studies speech and language, is delighted with BU’s new Siemens Prisma 3 Tesla MRI scanner in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. Photo by Mira Whiting Photography. Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, who studies […]
How Decisions Work
CAS professor researches the cognitive process behind choices Joe McGuire, a CAS assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, uses behavioral studies and brain imaging scans to learn how people make decisions. Photo by Cydney Scott. “Attention, Green Line passengers. There is a service disruption due to some track repairs. Shuttle buses will be available […]
MED Researchers: New Way to Look at Alzheimer’s
Reducing stress granules may point to potential treatment Human nerve cells grown in the lab show tau, marked in blue, aggregating next to stress granules containing the RNA-binding protein TIA1, in red. The bright yellow-green dots are stress granules containing tau. Courtesy of Benjamin Wolozin. So far, fighting Alzheimer’s by attacking plaques and tangles hasn’t […]
New Kilachand Center Links Key Research Disciplines
Discoveries will be fueled by collaboration and a record $115 million gift The nine-story, 170,000-square-foot Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering represents an investment of a quarter of a billion dollars—a $135 million construction commitment from BU and a $115 million gift from Rajen Kilachand (Questrom’74, Hon.’14). Photo by Janice Checchio. With a […]
MED Neuroscience Program Gives Undergrads Experience and Insight
Integrates research, hands-on neuroanatomy, and neurosurgery University of Michigan senior Rachel Feltman (from left), Colgate senior Courtney Dunphy, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign junior Madeline McDevitt with the cadaver brains that have been donated to MED. Photo by Cydney Scott. From their looks of cheerful expectation, you might think the eight undergraduates gathered around […]
Move Over, Iron Man
A soft, wearable robot could help people walk farther and faster after a stroke Powered by a chunky robotic suit, Iron Man can leap from buildings and soar into space. The superhero’s gold and titanium getup might look great when taking down villains, but it’d be overkill for spending a morning with the grandkids. For […]
Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain
New BU entity will have faculty from both campuses David Boas, founding director of the Neurophotonics Center and an ENG professor, comes to BU from Mass General Hospital. Photo (left) by Scott Nobles. The understanding of the human brain has leaped forward in recent years, with the help of the emerging field of neurophotonics, a […]
The Dyslexia Paradox
Differences in how the brain adapts to sights and sounds could be at the root of reading disorder Tyler Perrachione looks for the source of reading disorders, like dyslexia, in the brain. Photo (right) by Jackie Ricciardi. It’s there, at the start of every conversation: the moment it takes your brain to adjust to an […]
BU-Led Neuroscientists Get $7.5 Million from US Navy
CAS prof oversees multicenter effort on brain’s rule learning Michael Hasselmo, director of BU’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, is principal investigator on the Navy grant. “How do brain circuits mediate learning rules of different types?” he asks. “To me, this is a central question of brain research.” Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Learning new rules is […]
Navy Awards $7.5 Million to BU-Led Neuroscientists
Hasselmo to oversee multi-center effort on rule learning in the brain Michael Hasselmo, director of BU’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, is principal investigator on the DOD grant. “How do brain circuits mediate learning rules of different types?” he asks. “To me, this is a central question of brain research.” Learning new rules is a part […]