Steve Ramirez Featured in First Podcast Episode from the Brink
In this unforgettable debut episode of The Brink’s new podcast, BU neuroscientist Steve Ramirez explains how memories are created, stored, and recalled in the brain
Swathi Kiran and Team Advancing Bilingual Aphasia Treatment
Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia using Computation Modeling (PROCoM) is a concept pioneered by Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery, led by Swathi Kiran and in development by researchers Erin Carpenter, Manuel Marte, Marissa Russel, and Michael Scimeca and researcher collaborators at UT-Austin Risto Miikkulainen and Uli Grasemann. The project leverages computational modeling and machine learning to predict and improve therapy outcomes for bilingual […]
Tianyu Wang: A Bright New Light
Tianyu Wang was welcomed to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering in a recent profile on the College of Engineering’s website.
Mark Howe, Ian Davidson, and David Boas publish article in ScienceDirect
Mai-Anh T. Vu, a Post-Doc researcher in Mark Howe’s lab, shared a recent article from Howe’s lab on X this Monday. The article, titled “Targeted micro-fiber arrays for measuring and manipulating localized multi-scale neural dynamics over large, deep brain volumes during behavior”, was published by Ian Davidson, David Boas, and Mark Howe in ScienceDirect. The […]
Ji-Xin Cheng and Team Featured in Chemical & Engineering News
Cheng et. al were featured in “Microscopy method maps chemistry, not just chemicals”.
Hadi T. Nia and Team Publish Back-to-Back Articles
Hadi T. Nia, Junior Faculty member at the Neurophotonics and Photonics Centers, announced today that his team had two articles published back-to-back in ScienceDirect. The first article, “Multiscale elasticity mapping of biological samples in 3D at optical resolution”, published by Kathryn Regas et. al, presents a new platform: “µElastography,” a “scalable elastography system that maps […]
Terry Ellis Featured in Brink Article on Parkinson’s
Volunteers at a BU neurorehabilitation center are key to two new Parkinson’s treatment breakthroughs: wearable robotics and a music system that helps patients walk faster and farther.
Mike Economo and Ben Scott Awarded Scialog’s “Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding”
The 19 individual awards of $50,000 in direct costs will go to 17 researchers from a variety of institutions in the United States and Canada, including two from BU: Mike Economo and Ben Scott.
Ji-Xin Cheng Wins SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been awarded the 2024 SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. Cheng is the Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics and is a world-renowned pioneer in bond-selective spectroscopic imaging.
New Article from David Boas and Xiaojun Cheng
Professors Boas and Cheng were recently published in the Optica Publishing Group’s “Biomedical Optics Express” for their team’s research on “Dynamic light scattering and laser speckle contrast imaging of the brain: theory of the spatial and temporal statistics of speckle pattern evolution”