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Inside Philanthropy: An Era of Excitement and Growth for the Field of Brain Research
Good news for the field of brain research! Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo’s billion-dollar commitment is called out in this article which highlights the growing interest and support for brain research from a number of philanthropists. The article describes how funders see this as an opportunity to answer age-old scientific questions of basic brain function, […]
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Paralyzed Patient Feels Sensation After Caltech Researchers Stimulate His Brain
Scientists at Caltech have, for the first time, induced natural sensations in the arm of a paralyzed man by stimulating a certain region of the brain with a tiny array of electrodes. The work could one day allow paralyzed people using prosthetic limbs to feel physical feedback from sensors placed on these devices. The […]
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How Insects Can Help Us Understand Evolution
Watch this interview with Joe Parker, an entomologist, assistant professor of biology and affiliated faculty member of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech. Joe ‘s decades-long fascination with bugs and beetles led him to study a particular species of beetle that might help us answer some of the fundamental questions of evolution. […]
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2018 TCCI Summer Newsletter
We’re excited to let you know that our first documentary, “Minds Wide Open,” is ready for prime time! Today we announced that the film will air on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and China between September 11 and 18.
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Mapping the Neural Circuit Governing Thirst
Yuki Oka, an affiliated faculty member of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, has discovered the circuit of neurons in the mouse brain that regulates thirst by stimulating or suppressing the drive to drink water. His research also provides insight into how the human brain recognizes when a person is dehydrated […]
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Understanding the Brain’s Fear Circuit
Dean Mobbs, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and affiliated faculty member of the Tianqiao & Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience had a paper published in the March 6 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mobbs and his co-authors show for the first time that there are two areas of the brain involved in processing […]
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You Don’t Think Your Way Out of a Tiger Attack
In a paper appearing in the March 6 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Caltech Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Dean Mobbs and his co-authors show for the first time that there are two areas of the brain involved in processing fear. The areas, which they call “fear circuits,” split up the responsibility for […]
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Caltech Researcher, Doris Tsao, Wins 2018 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
Recognizing her major contributions to our understanding of how the brain recognizes human faces, the 2018 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize has been awarded to Doris Tsao, Caltech professor of biology, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Center for Systems Neuroscience Leadership Chair, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and director of the Tianqiao & Chrissy Chen Center for Systems […]
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Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo Named “2017 Science Funders of the Year”
Tianqiao Chen & Chrissy Luo were recently named “Science Funders of the Year” by Inside Philanthropy in its 2017 Annual Inside Philanthropy Awards (the IPPYs). The online magazine recognized the couple’s $1 billion commitment to brain science and highlighted the Tianqiao & Chrissy Chen Institute’s $115 million gift to Caltech to create a unique neuroscience […]
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TCCI® Researchers Win Two National Science & Technology Progress Awards
At the 2017 Annual China National Science & Technology Awards ceremony on January 8, researchers from the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translation Research in Shanghai were recognized with two National Science & Technology Progress Awards. The “Basic and Clinical Innovation Methods for Cerebral Fluid Through Surgery” project led by Institute Director Professor […]