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Chen Scholar, Yuki Oka, Receives Grant to Study Innate Brain Circuits
Yuki Oka, assistant professor of biology and Chen Scholar at Caltech, has received $1.5 million in funding from the New York Stem Cell Foundation. The award, distributed over five years, is one of three given internationally to early career neuroscience researchers. Oka is the first researcher at Caltech to receive the neuroscience investigator award. […]
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Mending Broken Hearts with Neural Crest Cells
Zebrafish—striped fish a few centimeters long—have the ability to regrow up to 20 percent of their hearts after sustaining major damage. Research published in the journal eLife, done in the lab of Marianne Bronner, Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology, director of the Beckman Institute and affiliated faculty member of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen […]
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Caltech Researcher Discovers that Male and Female Mouse Brains have Different Neurons
New research done in collaboration between David Anderson, PhD, Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience and a team at the Allen Institute for Brain Science recently discovered rare brain cell types that are unique to male mice and other types that […]
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TCCI® for Translational Research Yields New Discovery —Movie Watching as A Tool for Mental Disorder Assessment
A research project supported by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research recently identified an innovative approach to help identify mental disorders – analyzing one’s brain activity while watching movies. The paper introducing this discovery was published in the October issue of the international scientific journal Neuroimage. This study collected and analyzed the […]
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TCCI® Supports China’s Largest Neuroscience Conference and Announces its China Strategy
The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research recently supported the 13th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society (CNS 2019), the most prestigious event in the Chinese neuroscience field, which took place in October in Suzhou China. The conference hosted about 50 symposia, and over 3,700 scientists from dozens of countries and regions attended. […]
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Researchers Make it Possible for Ultrasound to Reveal Gene Expression
Caltech Professor Mikhail Shapiro has overcome one of the main limitations to using “reporter genes,” markers that help researchers get a sense for what cells are doing. Because light does not penetrate well through most living tissue, the commonly used green fluorescent protein cannot be used for monitoring the activity of cells deep inside an […]
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2019 TCCI Fall Newsletter2019
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the largest festivals in Mainland China and East Asia, so we take this opportunity to wish you a fruitful and prosperous season. Created thousands of
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The Journal Nature Includes TCCI® in an Overview of Brain Science in China
The academic journal Nature recently published an article introducing the latest developments in brain science in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta in China with a full page focused on the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research. TCCI’s Translational Research Institute is dedicated to the research and application of technology such as digital […]
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Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz: Studying early embryonic development
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, recently joined the Caltech faculty to study the processes that guide early embryonic development. The team at Caltech interviewed her about her work…and the importance of mentorship. Read the Interview on Caltech’s website
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TEDMED: Why Science Says Listen to Your Gut
For centuries, treating neurological conditions meant developing therapies or drugs that directly targeted the brain. Today, scholars like Sarkis Mazmanian argue that research, drugs, and therapy should actually focus on the gut. Watch the TEDMED talk