Lea Stith: Translating Brain Signals into Research Solutions
By Jack Osmond From Alzheimer’s disease and Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory to attention and spatial navigation, Lea Stith’s research on memory is hard to forget. Working in translational neuroscience, Stith uncovers insights about the brain to bridge neuroscience research and real-world applications. Her interest in understanding the mind goes as far back as middle school, when she […]
Adolescence Is Not Simply a Period of Vulnerability, but a Window of Opportunity: New Insights into Adolescent Emotion from Dr. Heidi Meyer
Assistant Professor Heidi Meyer, Psychological & Brain Sciences, explores how safety learning shapes the adolescent brain
Researchers identify new dopamine signal that may help the brain steer us in the right direction | EurekAlert
New findings reveal how the brain uses visual cues to guide movement, offering insight into navigation, learning, and dopamine related disorders.
NPC Podcast #10 | “When Conference Calls!”
🎙 All About Conferences! In this episode, we talk about our experiences with conferences, what they are, how to get there, and why it might be a good idea to attend one!
Megan Bell of the Stangl Lab Featured in ENG Student Spotlight
Megan Bell always had a clear interest in biomedical engineering, but not necessarily the specific direction she would pursue.
Brian DePasquale and Mike Economo Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows
Prestigious award recognizes the most promising early-career researchers in their fields
The 9th Annual Neurophotonics Symposium Brings Together Over 250 Community Members
On January 23, the Neurophotonics Center hosted its 9th annual symposium, co-sponsored with the Hariri Institute, and organized by faculty members Ben Scott and Heidi Meyer. With the topic of “New Developments in Imaging Naturalistic, Social, and Freely Moving Behaviors,” speakers and student “blitzes” covered a range of advancements and dedicated research across the subfields […]
A Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem––Hidden in the Brain
Neurophotonics Center Community Featured Across SPIE’s Photonics West 2026 Conference
Last week, SPIE held it’s annual “Photonics West” conference, bringing together researchers and experts across the varying fields of optics and photonics research. With over a hundred conferences, plenary events, and presentations, several Boston University Photonics and Neurophotonics Center faculty––and graduate students––were not only in attendance, but led several key talks.
NPC Podcast Episode #8 | “The First Year Experience”
In this episode, we sit down to talk about our first-year experience at Boston University, specifically as a Biomedical Engineering PhD student. We talk about everything from the classes to rotating through different labs to the qualification exam, and qualitatively describe the experience for the Graduate Program for Neuroscience as told to us by friends […]