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Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease May Originate in the Gut
Researchers in the lab of Viviana Gradinaru, professor of neuroscience and biological engineering, Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator and director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, may have discovered a link between neurons in the gut and Parkinson’s Disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder, impairing […]
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Two TCCI®-affiliated Faculty Members at Caltech Receive Sloan Research Fellowship
Yuki Oka, assistant professor of biology and Chen Scholar and Joseph Parker, assistant professor of biology and biological engineering were among four Caltech Faculty Members who recently received the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for 2020. The fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “seek to stimulate fundamental research by early career scientists and scholars […]
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Vilcek Foundation Prize Awarded to Viviana Gradinaru
Viviana Gradinaru, Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering, has been named one of the 2020 recipients of the Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, an award recognizing exceptional early to mid-career immigrant biomedical scientists. Gradinaru is a Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator and Director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience […]
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Check out the progress on the Chen Neuroscience Research Building at Caltech
Since breaking ground in December, 2017, the team at Caltech have done a great job keeping construction of the Chen Neuroscience Research Building on schedule. On current course and speed, it is slated to open in October this year. Now you can walk through the building’s various milestones in video! Watch the videos on […]
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TCCI 2019 Annual Report
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Protein Signposts Guide Formation of Neural Connections
A major goal of neuroscience is understanding how all of the brain’s neurons know how to connect to each other to achieve optimum function. Scientists often study the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster because their brains are “hardwired” (meaning nearly identical). Now, Caltech researchers have determined how part of the fly’s visual system forms, an important piece in […]
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A Decade of Discovery
Caltech looks back at their remarkable progress over the last ten years. In a sweeping review of the school’s various departments, the article touches on the contributions of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience in a section called “Understanding the Brain.”. Read the article on Caltech’s website
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How Interacting with Females Increases Aggression in Male Fruit Flies
Caltech researchers have made progress toward understanding the neurological basis of the heightened aggression that male Drosophila show toward one another after recent encounters with females. Their research shows that your brain takes recent experiences into account when coordinating your responses to external stimuli. The study was conducted in the laboratory of David Anderson, Seymour Benzer Professor of […]
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2019 TCCI Holiday Newsletter
As we enter into the holiday season, it’s gratifying to look back at some of the exciting advances we saw coming from our colleagues at Caltech, Huashan Hospital and Shanghai Mental Health Center this year. It makes us wonder what the coming year will yield in the field of
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Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research develops “Shanghai Cognitive Impairment Services Map” with the Shanghai Centers for Disease Control
Innovative Online Tool Will Help Those Seeking Treatment Find Nearest and Most Appropriate Treatment Centers Shanghai. Dec 2, 2019. The Shanghai Cognitive Impairment Services Map, developed by the Shanghai Centers for Disease Control in conjunction with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research (TCCI®) and the Shanghai Mental Health Center, is now […]