What do brain science and sailing have in common? The answer is not much, except when you bring together postdoctoral researchers for an all-day retreat that combines scientific enrichment, community-building activities, and a sailing expedition in Newport, R.I.

Brain cells that tick at regular intervals may coordinate neural activity like the conductor of an orchestra.

Neurologist Judy Liu spends a good portion of her time caring for patients with severe neurological conditions. But when Liu steps into her lab at Brown University, she is particularly interested in a single condition: epilepsy.

Every other month the Carney Institute becomes a brainstorming hub for a team of computational neuroscientists working on new software that allows researchers and clinicians to test hypotheses on circuit mechanisms underlying data from electro- and magneto-encephalography (EEG/MEG).

Brown University scientists have found that theta-burst stimulation may be a promising new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

It’s mid-April and Emily Siff ’19 just got out of the hospital, where she spent a few days experiencing pain that opioids weren’t addressing. “It was overcrowded and noisy,” she recalls. “There was no way to sleep, so I started doing statistics homework. It was so relaxing.”

Blackwater’s breakthrough was to painstakingly train some of the world’s most complex computer software to better analyze fruit fly movements, including the ability to recognize specific behaviors such as courting. Graphing this kind of data used to involve manually converting and labeling it, frame by frame; now it’s a click of a button.

A lot of the basic science that’s needed to lead to new treatments and cures for neurological and psychiatric illnesses is paying off now.

In this video, Carney Institute Director Diane Lipscombe explains how she investigates calcium ion channels, the gate keepers of most of the signals that are essential for our brain and nervous system to function. She also shares what sparked her interest in science.

As we come to the end of another dynamic academic year, we at the Carney Institute for Brain Science would like to take a moment to congratulate the undergraduate class of 2019 and graduate students who will receive their diplomas this weekend.

For uniting engineers, data scientists, and others under one roof, director of the Carney Institute for Brain Science Diane Lipscombe is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.

One of the things that makes the brain so interesting is that the activity of the neurons is just as important as their shape. Neurons fire electric pulses at one another, and these electric pulses form the basis of how we process information every day. A group of neurons might look fine, but if they aren’t communicating properly, devastating cognitive issues can result.

The workshops culminated in several projects that used neural networks as design tools, and students said they gained an understanding of how to integrate artificial intelligence with art and design.

Our second annual Undergraduate Practicum in Bioluminescence held at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in beautiful Woods Hole, Massachusetts, was a huge success!

Professor Diane Lipscombe, director of the Carney Institute, says that the importance of these Innovation Awards cannot be overstated. “They open up so many opportunities to catalyze great research into brain science, making Brown the best place in the world to discover, innovate, and develop new technologies,” says Lipscombe.

The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame honors people who were born in, lived in, or worked in Rhode Island whose work or talents have brought the state into prominence, or who have contributed to the history and heritage of the state. Inductees are chosen by the Hall of Fame’s 25-member board of community leaders.

E. Javier López Soto, a postdoctoral research associate in Brown University’s Lipscombe Lab, was discussing an experiment with an undergraduate student in March when he received a long-awaited phone call from the Warren Alpert Foundation.

Jess Sevetson, Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience, explains how we can develop better treatments for brain damage by creating three-dimensional “mini-brains” the size of a grain of sand and exposing them to pathological conditions.

Taxes are an annual event, and may be uniquely aversive in any number of ways, but this example offers a window into a broader tendency we all share to different degrees.

Brain Science Institute moved to 164 Angell following $100 million donation.