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

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

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CRISPR-Cas9: Targeted Genome Editing

March 18, 2015March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 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

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New Microscope Helps Neuroscientists Ask New Questions

April 12, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 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