McGovern Institute for Brain Research

We have an exciting research opportunity to share! Mehrdad Jazayeri and Fan Wang are looking to fill *two* postdoctoral positions for a collaborative brain-body project across their labs. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/exBkWctR

We are beaming with pride - Mehrdad Jazayeri, a McGovern Investigator and professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT has been named an HHMI Investigator! After taking an unusual path neuroscience, Mehrdad quickly became an inspiring researcher and beloved mentor to many at MIT. As an HHMI Investigator, he will take advantage of a host of new technologies to explore how the brain enables rapid learning and flexible behavior—central aspects of intelligence that have been difficult to study using traditional neuroscience approaches. Congrats Professor Jazayeri!! https://lnkd.in/gTk85CTS

A new neuroprosthetic interface developed by Hugh Herr and Hyungeun Song (in collaboration with surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital) is driven by the nervous system and helps people with amputation walk naturally. https://lnkd.in/essWqiKg

We are delighted to share the news that McGovern founding member Nancy Kanwisher has won the 2024 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her discovery of a specialized system within the brain to recognize faces. She shares the $1M award with UC Berkeley neurobiologist Doris Tsao and Rockefeller University neuroscientist Winrich Freiwald. Please join us in congratulating Professor Kanwisher for winning this prestigious award! https://lnkd.in/e7BmN83c

Join us May 3rd for “Transformational Strategies in Mental Health,” a joint?symposium?hosted by the Wellcome Trust, McLean Hospital, MIT Open Learning ?The?symposium?will feature speakers from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Wellcome Trust, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston University and Northeastern University who will share groundbreaking scientific advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental health disorders. CSAIL MIT,Massachusetts General Hospital , Northeastern University, Boston University ,Harvard University, Yale School of Medicine Register for this free event here: ?https://lnkd.in/egVWF_x2

This is the remarkable story of our co-founder Lore Harp McGovern. "If you are a young founder today who finds themselves in her presence, you would do well to ask one of Silicon Valley’s last remaining original founders for her advice. If she’s prepared to offer it, then listen." https://lnkd.in/gUXBNwJF

Guillermo Herrera-Arcos, a graduate student in Hugh Herr’s lab, is developing an optical technology with the potential to restore movement in people with spinal cord injury or stroke. #spinalcordinjury #stroke #optogenetics #neurotechnology #neuroscience #muscles #neuroprostheses #neuroprosthetics

Researchers in Fan Wang's lab have discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe out, and stop talking when you breathe in. https://lnkd.in/ehjbXfam

In the first study of its kind, Josh McDermott has shown that the human brain favors rhythms with simple integer ratios, but biases can vary substantially across societies. His team worked with people in 15 countries across five different continents and the findings underscore the value of taking a global approach to the study of music perception. https://lnkd.in/e5yzfi_4

Former Anikeeva Lab postdoc Nicki Driscoll is now a biomedical engineer and CTO of Neurobionics, where she is developing devices that seamlessly integrate with the human body. #beinghuman