Technique Archives - Knowing Neurons

52 Brain Facts Neuroscience Technologies

knowingneurons July 11, 2016June 30, 2017 52 Brain Facts, CLARITY, clear, Fat, Hydrogel, Imaging, Lipid, Opaque, see-through, Technique

Myth or Fact? It is possible to make the whole brain transparent.

Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

Jooyeun Lee March 18, 2015March 5, 2017 Animal model, Cas9, CRISPR, Disease, Disorder, DNA, Double-stranded break, Editing, Enzyme, gene, genetic, Genome, Infographic, Knock-in, Knock-out, KO, Mutagenesis, mutation, PAM, Replacement, Scissors, Targeted, Technique, Therapeutic

CRISPR-Cas9: Targeted Genome Editing

~ Infographic by Jooyeun Lee and Kate Fehlhaber. ~ References: Hsu P. & Feng Zhang (2014). Development and Applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for Genome Engineering, Cell, 157 (6) 1262-1278. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.010 Fineran… Read More

Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

Kate Fehlhaber April 12, 2013March 5, 2017 Biotechnology, Brain, Company, Hippocampus, Inscopix, Microscope, Microscopy, Mouse, Optogenetics, Startup, Technique

New Microscope Helps Neuroscientists Ask New Questions

Last week, President Obama announced the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, a 10-year project to map the human brain. President Obama introduced BRAIN as a way of encouraging… Read More