Jessica Hammer thinks the most important technology for making games is the brain.   The Thomas and Lydia Moran Associate Professor of Learning Science, jointly appointed in the HCI Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, Hammer says “My games are designed to put the player into an altered state, so their brain […]

Five Caltech researchers—four TCCI-affiliated faculty members and one postdoctoral scholar—have been awarded grants from the High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These NIH Director’s Awards are “prestigious awards that are given to exceptionally creative scientists proposing high-risk, high-impact research at all career stages,” and were created “to support unconventional […]

Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, interviews David Anderson, PhD, a world expert in the science of sexual behavior, violent aggression, fear and other motivated states on his podcast. Dr. Anderson is the Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology and Director and […]

On September 2, 2022, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI) Translational Center worked with Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, NeuroXess, Chinese Neuroscience Society and Shanghai Society for Neuroscience to host a first-of-its-kind forum featuring “Brain-Computer Interface Ushers in A New Future for Human Brain” during WAIC 2022. Professor Jinbo Hu, Director of […]

The 6th of June marked 2022 National Eyecare Day in China and the successful launch of a webinar on “Using transcription, cells and computation to analyze visual performance and abnormality”. The webinar was the first session of a series of online seminars celebrating “National Science and Technology Workers’ Day” created by the Chinese Neuroscience Society. […]

On April 14, Elsevier, an academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content, announced the 2021 list of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. Two investigators from the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, Tiger Tao and Jintai Yu, made it on the list.   TCCI Investigator Tiger Tao   Professor Tiger Tao is a researcher […]

Viviana Gradinaru, Professor of neuroscience and biological engineering and director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience was just named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The organization said they awarded her the fellowship for “extraordinary achievements in bioengineering and neuroscience, including development and sharing of multiple novel tools to […]

The Society for Developmental Biology has awarded its 2022 Edwin G. Conklin Medal to Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering and affiliated faculty member with Caltech’s Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience. Established in 1995, the Edwin G. Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology is awarded annually by the Society for Developmental […]

On January 20, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the recipients of the 2021 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, Young Scientist of the Year Award, Scientific Facilitation Award, Scientific Individual of the Year Award and Scientific Team of the Year Award. Tiger Tao, Investigator of the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Investigator of Tianqiao […]

Seven Caltech researchers are principal investigators on eight new neuroscience grants from the National Institutes of Health’s “Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies” (BRAIN) Initiative.   Many of these researchers are affiliated with TCCI® including: Mikhail Shapiro, Professor of Chemical Engineering; Carlos Lois, Research Professor of Biology; Richard Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience; […]