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Caltech Research: Overriding the Urge to Sleep
Source: Caltech Caltech researchers have identified a neural circuit in the brain that controls wakefulness. The findings have implications for treating insomnia, oversleeping, and sleep disturbances that accompany other neuropsychiatric disorders, such as depression. The work was done in the laboratory of Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05), assistant professor of biology and biological engineering, Heritage Medical Research […]
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Caltech Research: Cracking the Code of Facial Recognition
New research from Caltech shows that the brain uses a simple and elegant mechanism to represent facial identity. The work was done in the laboratory of Doris Tsao, professor of biology, leadership chair and director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Center for Systems Neuroscience, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. Read more […]
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Shanda Group’s Chen Tianqiao Reveals Plans for Funding Brain Science Research After Caltech Donation
Tianqiao Chen, co-founder of Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute recently met with YiCai Global to reflect on the Chen Institute’s activities to-date, its vision to bring together the global scientific community, and the Institute’s plus future plans to support more programs and scientists. Read more on CiCai Global.
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Caltech Magazine: Inside Look: the Chen Institute at Caltech
Nearly two years ago, philanthropist Tianqiao Chen emailed Caltech biologist Richard Andersen about the work Andersen was doing to help paralyzed patients operate a prosthetic arm using only their thoughts and intentions. “We had just had a big breakthrough that was published in Science and was reported throughout the world,” Andersen recalls. “He saw […]
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Tianqiao Chen : There’s more to life than riches (interview)
Tianqiao Chen, Co-Founder of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute sat down with China Business Hall of Fame at the recent CPPCC Annual Meeting in Beijing, sharing his thoughts about business, his early success, and his commitment and future vision in promoting brain research. Click this link to read the article: http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/S6TeWTlP-0N4roo1HMj8
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Caltech Research News: Altered Perceptions
How does the electrical activity of the brain gives rise to the rich world of perception? The human brain is constantly abuzz with electrical activity as brain cells, called neurons, respond to sensory input and give rise to the world we perceive. Six particular regions of the brain, called face patches, contain neurons that respond […]
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Caltech Researcher and Director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience Wins Prestigious Neuroscience Prize
SINGAPORE – Jan 27, 2017 – David J. Anderson, the director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, has been awarded the 17th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine (UNC) for “his discovery of neural circuit mechanisms controlling emotional behaviors.” This prestigious […]
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Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum talks brain research with Yahoo Finance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Caltech video of President Rosenbaum at Davos
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Video: Caltech and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute Launch Major Neuroscience Initiative
Caltech and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute Launch Major Neuroscience Initiative
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Caltech and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute Launch Major Neuroscience Initiative
Initiative kicked off with $115 million gift from philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo to establish a new institute and provide continuous funds for neuroscience research. Caltech to construct $200 million biosciences complex that will include new institute. Spearheaded by a $115 million gift from visionary philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo, Caltech […]