Colin Camerer is a behavioral economist and the Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance and Economics at Caltech. He is also the Director of the T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience. Money on the Mind interviews him to learn more about the rapidly expanding field of behavioral science as well as his passions and interests.   Listen to the […]

Learn more about the innovative, new $190M home for the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech which opens in late 2020.   Read the article in Tradeline

Caltech looks back at their remarkable progress over the last ten years. In a sweeping review of the school’s various departments, the article touches on the contributions of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience in a section called “Understanding the Brain.”.   Read the article on Caltech’s website

Michael Dickinson is TCCI®-affiliated faculty member and a biologist at Caltech who uses robots to study how insects fly. More recently, he has focused on insect neurobiology and behavior.   On this episode of Big Biology, hosts Art and Marty talk with Michael about the mysteries of tiny insect flight, and how the presumably simple brains of […]

This article is a translation of an article written and produced by Thecorestory x Guyu Lab.   Text: Wei Ling, Photo: Feng Xinhui; Editor: Lin Shanshan; Production: Guyu x Thecorestory   You can find the original Chinese article here:  https://www.huxiu.com/article/322707.html     More than money, love, medicine or time, it is truth that gives one […]

A research project supported by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research recently identified an innovative approach to help identify mental disorders – analyzing one’s brain activity while watching movies. The paper introducing this discovery was published in the October issue of the international scientific journal Neuroimage.   This study collected and analyzed the […]

The academic journal Nature recently  published an article introducing the latest developments in brain science in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta in China with a full page focused on the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Translational Research. TCCI’s Translational Research Institute is dedicated to the research and application of technology such as digital […]

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, recently joined the Caltech faculty to study the processes that guide early embryonic development. The team at Caltech interviewed her about her work…and the importance of mentorship.   Read the Interview on Caltech’s website

For centuries, treating neurological conditions meant developing therapies or drugs that directly targeted the brain. Today, scholars like Sarkis Mazmanian argue that research, drugs, and therapy should actually focus on the gut.   Watch the TEDMED talk

Chinese billionaire Tianqiao Chen has turned the bouts of anxiety he began experiencing 10 years ago—during the height of his success running the popular online gaming company Shanda Interactive Entertainment—into a $1 billion passion for helping scientists understand how the brain works.   Read the full article on the Barron’s website