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 […]

“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.

Commissioned by Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, the film shows that increased support for fundamental brain research is crucial to achieve major breakthroughs.   Trailer and more information about the film can be viewed at: www.MindsWideOpenFilm.com   Menlo Park, September 5, 2018 – The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI®) today announced the upcoming release […]

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.

Follow up-to-the-minute progress on construction of the Chen Neuroscience Research Center at Caltech which will open Fall 2020. This innovative site shows you a variety of time-lapse and panoramic shots of the building site.   Click here to visit the website

Shanghai, June 6th, 2018: The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute today signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Mental Health Center, the leading professional mental health hospital in China (affiliated mental health center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine). Both parties will jointly invest in advanced resources to further the study of mental […]

Four distinguished individuals honored at successful two-day C100 Annual Conference to promote U.S.-China relations   New York, NY, May 31, 2018) Earlier this month, the Committee of 100 — the nation’s premier organization focused on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American advancement — honored and awarded four individuals for their Leadership and Lifetime Achievements in Advancing […]

Congratulations to David Anderson, the director of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, for receiving the 2018 Scolnick Prize. David was recognized for his contributions to the isolation and characterization of neural stem cells and for his research on neural circuits that control emotional behaviors in animal models.   Read the Full Article

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 […]

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 […]