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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 […]
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TCCI® Translational Center Co-organizes International Symposium on Translational Research in Brain Stimulation
The International Symposium on Translational Research in Brain Stimulation: Neurophysiology, Neural Coding and Neural Control was held in Shanghai in November 2019.The meeting was organized by Fudan University’s Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research, the National Engineering Laboratory for Neuromodulation, Tsinghua University, The Ministry […]
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Visualizing DNA Labels in Cells and Tissues
Caltech researchers have developed an innovative way to understand how individual cells communicate with each other and grow over time. Previous techniques have used DNA sequencing to detect DNA barcodes – a process which involves breaking down tissue samples so the DNA from individual cells can be extracted and sequenced. The new technique uses […]
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Scientists Identify a Genetic Basis for Healthy Sleep
Work done in the Caltech lab of David Prober, professor of biology and TCCI®-affiliated faculty member has identified a genetic pathway that is necessary and sufficient for proper sleep in zebrafish and appears to also regulate sleep in humans. This pathway regulates levels of a particular neural compound that could one day be a […]
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Big Biology: A Podcast feature Michael Dickinson
Michael Dickinson is TCCI®-affiliated faculty member and a biologist at Caltech who uses robots to study how insects fly. More recently, he has focused on insect neurobiology and behavior. On this episode of Big Biology, hosts Art and Marty talk with Michael about the mysteries of tiny insect flight, and how the presumably simple brains of […]