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Our spring newsletter is out now! In a dish or on a computer, brain simulations can advance basic discovery and biomedical research. Read our cover story (picower.mit.edu/news/brain-sim…) and subscribe for free (picower.mit.edu/news/subscribe)! #neuroscience @MillerLabMIT

Happy "Cat-sual Fur-day"! The lab of Professor Myriam Heiman treated our whole building to a cat cafe featuring Torbie, Cleo, and Kinje. Hoomans also got Boba tea!

The company's headband uses EEG to measure brain activity while people enjoy their normal sleep routines. The data are processed by machine learning to monitor the effects of treatments, find signs of disease & create patient cohorts for clinical trials. news.mit.edu/2026/beacon-bi…

#AI for #Alzheimers: MIT-based team releases first AI foundation model for Alzheimer's prevention @AdrianNoriegaMD" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">picower.mit.edu/news/mit-based… @ArvidGollwitzer @AgingBrainMIT

Study in @CurrentBiology led by Cassi Estrem in the lab of Steve Flavell: cell.com/current-biolog…

How neurons sense bacteria in the gut: To understsand the mechanisms that enable the bacterial microbiome to influence brain function, a new study examines the mechanisms at work in a model “bacterial specialist,” C. elegans. picower.mit.edu/news/how-neuro… #neuroscience

Study in @NatureComms by @SurLabMIT led by Tatsuya Osaki: nature.com/articles/s4146…

A new study of Rett syndrome highlights potential for personalized treatment. MIT researchers tracked how two different mutations alter neural circuit development in organoids and how each could be addressed with distinct potential therapeutics. picower.mit.edu/news/rett-synd…

Join us, if you will, at the MIT Consciousness Club on Thursday April 16 at 12pm (EDT) "Distinguishing imagination and reality in a generative brain" Nadine Dijkstra (Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL) Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/mit-consc…

At the Alana Down Syndrome Center's symposium last week, 7 researchers from MIT, @RutgersU and the University of São Paulo shared the work they are doing to help people with trisomy 21 throughout their lifespan. picower.mit.edu/news/alana-dow… @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog

Paper by @MillerLabMIT @LFeldmanBarrett: nature.com/articles/s4158…

A new paper in @NatRevNeurosci challenges decades of dogma about how and why the brain boils down what it sees, hears, smells, tastes and feels into categories. picower.mit.edu/news/complete-… #neuroscience #cognition @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT @Northeastern

New discovery! Spoiler alert: Neural dynamics are key. Evidence for predictive computations in a brain hierarchy during a visual search task doi.org/10.64898/2026.… Work led by @dimitrispp #neuroscience

Open access study in @NatureNeuro by the lab of Steve Flavell: nature.com/articles/s4159…

How do nervous systems produce behaviors? A new MIT study maps exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they “follow their nose” to savor attractive odors or avoid unappealing ones. picower.mit.edu/news/navigatin… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

What does it mean that @SaraPrescott6 is "Committed to Caring"? She cultivates a lab where students can think boldly while feeling genuinely supported, and where they are seen not only as researchers, but as whole people. Read more: picower.mit.edu/news/leading-r… @MITBiology @ScienceMIT

A review of #autism research across our institute as we recognize World #AutismAwarenessDay: picower.mit.edu/news/autism-ad…

🗓️Join us online April 9 when researchers from MIT, University of São Paulo and Rutgers University will present short talks on their research on Down syndrome and related conditions. Registration is open and free! picower.mit.edu/events/acceler… #downsyndrome

@TonySobrado @YouTube @EssentiaFounda1 @CloserToTruth @RobertLawrKuhn @DrTomFroese @drtevinnaidu @michaelpollan @JRBneuropsiq @AnnaCiaunica @anilkseth @davideagleman @KarlFristonNews Check out our entry in the Landscape of Consciousness: Brain Waves’ Analog Organization of Cortex loc.closertotruth.com/theory/millers…

Join us, if you will, for the MIT Consciousness Club. Tomorrow, March 19th at noon. "Linking Past and Present Worlds in the Visual Control of Behaviour" Melvyn Goodale (Department of Psychology, Western University) Zoom link here: sites.google.com/view/mit-consc… #neuroscience