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Helping the Blind to Navigate
To provide navigational help for the blind, Caltech researchers have combined augmented reality hardware and computer vision algorithms to create a portable headset that translates the optical world into plain English audio. The work was done in the laboratory of Markus Meister (Ph.D. ’87) who is an affiliated faculty member of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute […]
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Professor Ying Mao wins 2018 “Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Award”
Nov, 20, China, This year’s “Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Award” was awarded to Professor Ying Mao, director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute of Brain Disease in Shanghai, and Vice-President of Huashan Hospital, along with five other professors. Jieping Wu is a famous medical scientist, medical educator, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, […]
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Picking Fights with Fruit Flies
Caltech researchers have identified a small cluster of neurons in the male Drosophilia fruit fly brain that governs “threat displays,” the aggressive behaviors which are seen in countless organisms preceding conflict. Their work provides a starting point that may lead to greater understanding of threatening behaviors and aggression in humans. Read more on Caltech’s […]
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Gut Bacteria Influences Movement in Flies
TCCI®-affiliated faculty member, Sarkis Mazmanian have made an interesting discovery between the microbiome and locomotion in flies. Warm, protected and full of nutrients – the tiny intestines of a fruit fly are a perfect habitat for some bacteria. These bacteria, in turn, help the fly break down and digest food, keeping the insect’s metabolism running […]
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Caltech: A Bird’s Eye View
Take a bird’s eye look at the latest progress on construction site for the Chen Neuroscience Center at Caltech. The building is on track to be completed in Fall 2020. Video Credit: Dr. M. Lombardini, Aeromana.
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Doris Tsao Wins MacArthur “Genius Grant”
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has selected Doris Tsao, Caltech professor of biology, T&C Chen Center for Systems Neuroscience Leadership Chair and Director and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, as a 2018 MacArthur Fellow for her pioneering work on perception and how are brains see faces. The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000 no-strings-attached […]
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Caltech’s Viviana Gradinaru Receives NIH Pioneer Award
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a Pioneer Award to Viviana Gradinaru, professor of neuroscience and biological engineering, Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator and director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech. The award is part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program and […]
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Scientists Uncover Why You Can’t Decide What to Order for Lunch
If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a lengthy restaurant menu and been completely unable to decide what to order for lunch, you have experienced what psychologists call choice overload. Colin Camerer, Caltech’s Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Economics and the T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Leadership Chair has just released new […]
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TCCI® Documentary wins 3 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
“Minds Wide Open,” the documentary commissioned by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI®), recently won Gold Awards in three of the 2018 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Award film categories – medical, educational and science & technology. Read more about the awards here.
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2018 TCCI Fall Newsletter
Did you miss the first screening of “Minds Wide Open,” on the Discovery Channel? Set your DVR because it will air again on September 18. It is also available now on the Discovery GO app