by rmiyatsu | Feb 3, 2025 | News
By Emily Cerf A $10.3 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s stem cell agency, will fund a multi-UC effort to better understand neuropsychiatric disorders. One in five people in the U.S. experience a neuropsychiatric...
by rmiyatsu | Jan 29, 2025 | News
The University of California’s Office of the President has awarded QB3 a $1.8 million grant by the to explore the origins of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The funds will support researchers in the “Braingeneers” group at UC Santa Cruz, UCSF, and UC Berkeley who will...
by apolozio | Oct 15, 2024 | News
An experimental setup with the plug-and-play bioelectronics system on top of a cell culture plate. February 07, 2024 By Emily Cerf Cortical organoids, which are miniature three-dimensional models of brain tissue grown from stem cells, offer scientists a sophisticated...
by apolozio | Oct 15, 2024 | News
Maryam Moarefian is developing a platform for studying neural networks in “cortical organoids,” model brain tissue grown from stem cells September 16-20 is Postdoc Appreciation Week, when we celebrate the incredible contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to the...
by apolozio | Oct 15, 2024 | News
Several members of the Braingeneers research group, including Professor Sofie Salama, will be investigators on the newly funded project to investigate the genetic roots of autism. (photos by Carolyn Lagattuta) August 30, 2024 By Emily Cerf A new award from the...
by apolozio | Dec 6, 2023 | News
The changes in our genes since our ancestors and apes evolved from a common ancestor helped us develop bigger brains and upright walking. But did they also have a downside? UCSC Genomics Institute Affiliate Sofie Salama discusses her research on the Notch2NL gene...
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