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First Session of Plato’s Spiritual Academy: Reflections on Spiritual Phenomena from Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives
On February 19, 2023, the first session of the Plato’s Spiritual Academy was organized by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI), the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, and the Shanghai Library under the theme of “Reflections on Spiritual Phenomena from Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives.” Hundreds of participants attended the event at the East Branch of […]
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The new FENS-Chen Institute NeuroLéman Summer School Series on Brain Dynamics in Health and Disease
FENS is delighted to announce the launch of the new FENS-Chen Institute NeuroLéman Summer School Series on Brain Dynamics in Health and Disease. In collaboration with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI) and the NeuroLéman Network, this new Summer School series will explore cutting-edge technologies for basic and clinical neuroscience, in order to develop […]
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A GPS for Smart Pills
The idea of journeying inside the human body to solve medical problems has been around at least since a hokey sci-fi film popularized the concept in the 1960s, but this approach to medicine has never become real because shrinking rays, sadly, do not exist. However, researchers have developed proxies for human doctors that are small […]
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TCCI Co-Founder Chrissy Luo Honored by the China Institute
Chrissy Luo, a co-founder of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI) was honored by the China Institute at their 2023 gala on Thursday, January 26th as one of this year’s “Outstanding Asian American Women Who Dared to Change Our Community and Future.” The award recognizes women who do great things in the world and […]
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NeuroAesthetics: Meaning is in the Brain of the Beholder
The second annual Chen Brain and Mind Lecture will take place on Wednesday, February 1st at 7pm at the California Academy of Sciences. This year, neuroscientist, opera stage director, and 2023 Osher Fellow, Dr. Indre Viskontas will lead the audience on a journey explaining how our brains turn sensory perceptions into meaningful and moving experiences […]
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A Theory of Rage
From petty anger to the devastating violence we see in the news, acts of aggression can be difficult to comprehend. Research has yielded puzzling paradoxes about how rage works in the brain. But a new study from Caltech, pioneering a machine-learning research technique in the hypothalamus, reveals unexpected answers on the nature of aggression. […]
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Spray-on smart skin uses AI to rapidly understand hand tasks
A novel, electrically active smart skin can rapidly decipher typing, sign language, even the shape of a familiar object from the movements of a human hand even with limited data. Image: Spray-on sensory system which consists of printed, bio-compatible nanomesh directly connected with wireless Bluetooth module and further trained through meta-learning Credit: Kyun Kyu […]
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2022 TCCI Holiday Newsletter
Summer has gone by all too fast but as we shift into the Fall season, we’re happy to share with you our news from the last few months. As always, there is a lot to report but we’d like to highlight a few things in particular
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Toward a fully implantable ecosystem for adaptive neuromodulation in humans
Recently, Gerwin Schalk, Director of the Chen Frontier Lab for Applied Neurotechnology which is affiliated with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI), was the lead author on an article which describes initial work done towards creating an ecosystem for adaptive neuromodulation in humans. The paper, entitled “Toward a fully implantable ecosystem for adaptive neuromodulation […]
