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Nov 9, 2020
NSF funds numerous projects and programs to help expand and improve infrastructure, workforce development, and research. These can range from facilitating virtual and in-person meetings that explore ways to integrate research methods from different sub disciplines of biology, to offering funded opportunities to further fundamental research within the biological sciences.
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NeuroNex Investigator Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2019
Ed Callaway, Vincent J. Coates Chair and Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, was recently elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences for his outstanding contributions to research.
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NSF Provides New Funding Opportunities for Neuroscience

Apr 15, 2019
The NeuroNex Webinar discussed the goals and scope of the program, application requirements, review criteria, the decision process, and general guidelines from the foreign partner agencies.
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Bioluminescence researchers study neuronal activity, promote education

Feb 8, 2019
A team of University researchers received funding from the National Science Foundation in August 2017 to develop bioluminescent tools that can be used to enhance methods of studying the brain.
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NeuroNex Teams Develop Theories to Advance Neuroscience Research

Oct 3, 2018
As the field of neuroscience advances, researchers must develop theories to navigate the data that are the result of this progress and develop conceptual frameworks to make sense of it all. NSF’s NeuroNex program is a response to this ever-growing need.
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New Tool Shows Brain Activity of Mice in Action

For the first time, researchers at The Rockefeller University have managed to study how brain cells in mice interact as the animals move about freely in their environment. The findings through this method could someday allow us to better understand brain disorders.
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UCLA Develops Open-Source Mini Microscope

Jul 24, 2018
Neuroscience labs around the world are using the freely available information to build their own miniscopes.