Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science
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The Carney Institute for Brain Science is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery about the brain and helping to find treatments and therapies for some of the world’s most devastating diseases.
Carney Institute
The Carney Institute for Brain Science is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery about the brain and helping to find treatments and therapies for some of the world’s most devastating diseases.
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Carney Year in Review
In 2024, the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science faculty made major strides in research, postdocs continued to build community and new scientific leaders joined the team.
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Catalyst: Leon Cooper and Brown brain science
After winning a Nobel Prize, celebrated Brown physicist Leon Cooper made a big pivot from electrons to neurons and, for 40 years, galvanized the campus around brain science.
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Working in fruit flies, the lab of Kate O’Connor-Giles studied a culprit causing certain intellectual disabilities - and showed that antioxidants can reverse its effects
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Intellectual demands have certain moments that are just transformational. That's exactly where brain science is right now.
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With “trans-Tango,” a technology developed at Brown University and described in a new study in Neuron, scientists can bridge across the connections between neurons to trace — and in the future control — brain circuits.
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What does brain science mean to you?
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Brain Circuits and Behavior
The Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science community is united under the common goal of understanding how brain circuits—networks of interconnected neurons—generate and control complex behavior.
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Carney's community of researchers are pushing the boundaries of brain science.
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Community Spotlight: Debbie Yee
Yee is a recipient of a competitive NIH Pathway to Independence Award, or K99/R00, which gives postdocs five years of financial support to help them transition into a tenure-track faculty position. Along with postdoc Darcy Diesburg, Yee this fall organized a retreat for Carney postdocs to build community and share resources.
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Tongyin Zheng: Decoding ALS
Tongyin Zheng is a postdoctoral scientist working in the Fawzi lab.
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Community Spotlight: Sophie Brown
Sophie Brown is a 4th year graduate student working in the Borton lab.