September Roundup at HHMI Janelia
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?? September was full of news and events at our Janelia Research Campus:
??? We started recruiting for AI@HHMI, our $500 million initiative to advance AI-driven science. ?? Apply at https://ai.hhmi.org/#join-our-team
?? Janelia Group Leader Jiefu Li and colleagues at Janelia, HHMI, Stanford?and the?Broad Institute?are decoding the language of cells with the power of proteomics – the study of all the proteins in living cells and organisms.?https://www.janelia.org/news/decoding-the-language-of-cells-with-the-power-of-proteomics
?? Researchers at Janelia and the University of Tübingen created an AI simulation of the fruit fly visual system that can predict the activity of individual brain cells in a neural circuit.?https://www.janelia.org/news/researchers-combine-the-power-of-ai-and-the-connectome-to-predict-brain-cell-activity
??Researchers led by the Schreiter Lab at Janelia developed a new way for engineered protein biosensors and bright Janelia Fluor dyes to work together, creating a new biosensor for measuring physiological signals in live animals. https://www.janelia.org/news/new-biosensor-illuminates-physiological-signals-in-living-animals ??
?? Janelia welcomed to campus a delegation from the Paris Brain Institute and the ???? Embassy of France in the US.
?? Neuroscience graduate scholars from Johns Hopkins took part in an annual Janelia bootcamp, with lab demos as well as data analysis & machine learning sessions. https://www.janelia.org/you-janelia/students-and-postdocs/joint-graduate-programs
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?? Janelia Group Leader Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon was named to MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2024, recognized for his work in mammalian development. https://www.janelia.org/news/joining-janelia-alejandro-aguilera-castrejon
?? Janelia Research Scientist Andy Moore received two honorable mentions in this year’s Nikon Small World In Motion competition, for his videos of crawling culture cells.?https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/andrew-moore
?? Janelians presented their science and received constructive feedback at the annual Poster Palooza. https://www.janelia.org/about-us/intellectual-life-at-janelia
?? We celebrated our dedicated postdocs with a?#NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek ?ice cream social & career panel. ?? Janelians were treated to a night of live music by the Janelia Musician’s Network (JAMN), marked the end of summer with a BBQ at Bob’s pub, kicked off the fall kickball league, and socialized at the Fall Family Picnic. ??https://www.janelia.org/about-us/campus-amenities