The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Oct 25, 2017 | 1 min read
Scientists are using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to tag and explore specific sets of neurons in mice, in one of the first steps towards building a comprehensive atlas of brain circuitry.
The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.
Neuroscientists are automating neural imaging and recording, allowing them to monitor increasingly large swaths of the brain in living, behaving animals.
Advances in imaging have inundated neuroscientists with massive amounts of information on synaptic connections, among other things. The challenge now is to understand it all.
A series of technological advancements for automation and parallel imaging made volume electron microscopy more user friendly while increasing throughput.
From determining structures to figuring out functions, brain-mapping scientists are applying new technologies to understand the hub of the central nervous system.