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2024 TCCI Fall Newsletter
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Thalamic transcranial ultrasound stimulation in treatment resistant depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide with one-third of cases being treatment resistant. Symptom heterogeneity suggests variability across affected brain networks, prompting efforts to personalize circuit-based neuromodulatory interventions. For example, personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been achieved by selecting different treatment targets based on phenotypes or mapping stimulation responses. […]
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SfN Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award: Nicholas Bellono and Catherine Jensen Peña
The SfN Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions by young neuroscientists who lead independent research groups. The award is supported by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute and includes a $25,000 prize shared by the recipients and recipients’ travel to the SfN annual meeting. This year’s recipients are […]
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Emerging Wearable Technologies Enhance Multisystem Monitoring and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Summary Parkinson’s disease (PD), affecting nearly 90,000 people annually in the U.S., is difficult to diagnose and treat due to its variable symptoms. Wearable technologies are emerging as powerful tools for monitoring PD symptoms, both motor and nonmotor, outside clinical settings. These devices track symptom progression more effectively than traditional methods, offering real-time data on […]
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Bringing Wearables from Bench to Bedside
Summary Stanford University’s Professor Zhenan Bao developed a skin-like, wearable pressure sensor capable of non-invasively measuring vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse. To bring this innovation from lab to market, she co-founded PyrAmes Inc. with Dr. Xina Quan, who enhanced the device using machine learning algorithms and optimized its design for clinical use. […]
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Second Annual N.E.W. Conference Brings Together Neuroscientists from Around the World
For the second year, the Neurophotonics Center cohosted the Neuroscience of the Everyday World conference alongside the Center for Brain Recovery and Hariri Institute, sponsored by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute on August 26 and 27, 2024. This two-day conference, held on the 17th floor of the Computing and Data Sciences building, featured presentations, […]
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Understanding Online Toxicity
In 2022, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Dean Mobbs began to investigate the relationship between social media use and mental health and well-being. As his research program ramps up to test brain activity and physiological markers of stress during social media use, Mobbs and his colleagues, postdocs Swati Pandita, Ketika Garg, and Jiajin Zhang, have constructed […]
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Caltech Grad Student Named as Quad Fellow
Caltech graduate student Honami Tanaka has been named to the 2024 cohort of the Quad Fellowship, an initiative of the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States designed to promote social good and foster intercultural ties through scientific and technological innovation. This year, the cohort also includes students from Southeast Asian countries in […]
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Chen Institute and Science to Hold Innovative Conference in Shanghai Spotlighting Latest Developments in “Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health”
Registration is open for the Nov 7-8, Shanghai Meeting Aug 21, 2024. Redwood City. Today, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (the Chen Institute) and Science announced that they are holding the second of their annual conference series focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mental Health in Shanghai, November 7-8, 2024. The meeting is being […]
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Autism Research Via Smartphone
One of the most effective means of investigating and understanding autism is eye tracking. Participants are shown photos or videos, and computer software records where their gaze rests. Autistic individuals are more likely to focus on nonsocial aspects of an image, such as objects or background patterns, while neurotypical subjects have an increased propensity to […]