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52 Brain Facts Neuroscience Technologies

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

July 11, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 1 Comment 52 Brain Facts, CLARITY, clear, Fat, Hydrogel, Imaging, Lipid, Opaque, see-through, Technique

Did You Know? Neuroscience Technologies

CRISPR-Cas9: Targeted Genome Editing

March 18, 2015March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 1 Comment 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

~ 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

New Microscope Helps Neuroscientists Ask New Questions

April 12, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments Biotechnology, Brain, Company, Hippocampus, Inscopix, Microscope, Microscopy, Mouse, Optogenetics, Startup, Technique

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

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