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How the biggest Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts the process of insulating neurons news.mit.edu/2026/how-bigges…
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Mentees, colleagues, friends shared remembrances of Susumu Tonegawa at an Oct. 16 memorial service. picower.mit.edu/news/mentees… @MITBiology @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
Implantable device uses ultrasound to improve drug delivery to the brain news.mit.edu/2026/implantabl…
Applying to grad school this fall? Current BCS grad students are ready to help you through the process!
BCS is hiring! Search now underway for tenure-track assistant professor across all areas of brain and cognitive science, potentially including computation, cognitive science, or experimental neuroscience. Deadline Dec. 1, 2026. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
Faculty search now open! BCS and @mcgovernmit
seeking candidates at any level including but not limited to cell/molecular and/or systems neuroscience, with a focus on translational neuroscience in nonhuman animals. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health news.mit.edu/2026/symposium-…
How artificial neural networks build their own learning machinery news.mit.edu/2026/how-artifi…
3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia? news.mit.edu/2026/3-question…
Applying to grad school this fall? Current BCS grad students are ready to help you through the process!
Faculty search now open! BCS and @mcgovernmit seeking candidates at any level (pref. tenure-track assistant professor) including but not limited to cell/molecular and/or systems neuroscience, with a focus on translational neuroscience in nonhuman animals. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
BCS is hiring! Search now underway for tenure-track assistant professor across all areas of brain and cognitive science, potentially including computation, cognitive science, or experimental neuroscience. Deadline Dec. 1, 2026. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. picower.mit.edu/news/picower… #neuroscience #biology
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. picower.mit.edu/news/myriam-… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT
ALT Myriam Heiman stands along blue glass windows in MIT's Building 46
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
Congratulations to Professor Emery N. Brown, who this morning received an honorary doctorate of medical sciences @Yale in recognition of his #neuroscience, #statistics and #anesthesiology research.
ALT Emery Brown in academic regalia stands facing the dais as his citation is read in front of a massive crowd at Yale's commencement.
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences retweeted
McGovern researchers have developed a new sensor which can brighten or dim MRI signals in response to specific molecular targets -- a potential tool for brain-wide imaging, as well as imaging targets in the peripheral nervous system or other tissues.
mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/14/…
ALT Molecular structure of the newly developed MRI sensor.