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Seeing more in expansion microscopy
March 3, 2025

Seeing more in expansion microscopy

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
New methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution.
An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapies
February 27, 2025

An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapies

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
The programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells.
Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches
February 21, 2025

Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance.
An image of a tree with long winding branches
February 20, 2025

How nature organizes itself, from brain cells to ecosystems

Look around, and you’ll see it everywhere: the way trees form branches, the way cities divide into neighborhoods, the way the brain organizes into regions.

MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells
February 6, 2025

MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Tissue processing advance can label proteins at the level of individual cells across large samples just as fast and uniformly as in dissociated single cells.
Evelina Fedorenko receives Troland Award from National Academy of Sciences
January 29, 2025

Evelina Fedorenko receives Troland Award from National Academy of Sciences

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Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Cognitive neuroscientist is recognized for her groundbreaking discoveries about the brain’s language system.
Gerald Schneider
January 24, 2025

Professor Emeritus Gerald Schneider, discoverer of the ‘two visual systems,’ dies at 84

Gerald E. Schneider, a professor emeritus of psychology and member of the MIT community for over 60 years, passed away on Dec. 11, 2024. He was 84.

Modeling complex behavior with a simple organism
January 21, 2025

Modeling complex behavior with a simple organism

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
By studying the roundworm C. elegans, neuroscientist Steven Flavell explores how neural circuits give rise to behavior.
Three MIT students named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars
January 15, 2025

Three MIT students named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars

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Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii will spend 2025-26 at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs.
How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events
January 15, 2025

How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories.
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