University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute
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The University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute promotes basic neuroscience to enable discoveries for the treatment and cure of brain disorders.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined August 2016
RT @AMPADPortal: Visit poster 175 and learn from @AfonsoCSilva of @marmo_ad about direct reprogramming of #marmoset fibroblasts #AAIC23 #En….
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RT @JohnnyFoxe: I'm so glad I also got the chance to talk with.@bealuna55 @Pitt_Brain when she was one of the keynote speakers at the @URNe….
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In this episode of NeURoscience Perspectives with John J. Foxe, PhD, the Director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester, he sits down with Bea Luna, PhD, a...
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RT @UPMCnews: Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are key to swaying the pendulum in Alzheimer’s disease progression, shows new game-….
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Scientists hope that the test will improve the accuracy of early Alzheimer’s diagnostics and aid the selection of candidates who are likely to benefit from preemptive therapeutic interventions.
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RT @PittPsychiatry: Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD recently published two papers examining Alzheimer’s disease pathology, showing that microglia….
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RT @URNeuroscience: Is an EEG booth in @CNL_Rochester also a #podcast studio?. It is now! 👇. 🎧A NEW episode of NeURoscience Perspectives wi….
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Use it or lose it, adolescent brain! So says @bealuna55 @PittHealthSci in this story by @NPRjonhamilton:
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RT @JohnnyFoxe: And that's a wrap!.Another episode of our Neurosciences Perspectives podcast series is in the bag, featuring the ever-brill….
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RT @CommsBio: A computational model for categorizing vocalizations from marmosets and guinea pigs highlights the contributions of adaptive….
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RT @bealuna55: Very humbled and thrilled to be the recipient of the Flux Huttenlocher Award in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. An awa….
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Neurobiologist @wrstauffer @PittHealthSci and his team put some thought into a study just published in @NatureNeuro that shows for the first time that monkeys are deep thinkers:
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Move over humans, monkeys can think deeply too! A novel study has shown that monkeys are capable of careful decision-making by considering costs, consequences, and constraints. Findings reveal our...
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Spoiler alert: Peter Strick @PittHealthSci told @NPRjonhamilton that he views this research as "a fundamental change in how we're going to view the motor cortex.".
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RT @CnIpgh: (SEMINAR REMINDER) .Today, March 21 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST (virtual): Naima Lajud, PhD. Microsoft Teams meeting.Meeting ID: 28….
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RT @PittNeurosurg: Nice interview on BBC World News with @MCapogrosso as he explains recent research showing how spinal cord stimulation ca….
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RT @BciSociety: 2023 #BCI Society Board Nominations now open. Thank you for your support in providing strong, on-going Society leadership t….
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RT @zfreyberg: Excited about our new preprint on developing a method that enables #cryoEM directly in brain tissue! Amazing work by #Jiying….
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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables the study of protein complexes, cytoskeletal elements, and organelles in three dimensions without the use of chemical fixation. Most cryo-EM studies focus...
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RT @PittTweet: Pitt Sustainability Challenge = $300,000 for integrated, impactful, durable, & feasible proposals to advance carbon neutrali….
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