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Searching for Solutions
04/15/2024
Computer Technology Provides Innovative Answers for Incurable Diseases
New Horizons
04/12/2024
Funding Collaborative Brain Power
A New Link Between Labs
04/10/2024
Using Computational Neuroscience to Connect Neuroscience Specialties
Gene Discovery
04/04/2024
Researchers awarded a patent in 2023 for a novel use of the protein MBLAC1 in screening for potential therapeutic agents to treat drug addiction.
Advancing Brain Health
04/02/2024
Grant Funds Fellows’ Neuroscience Research
New Talent, New Discoveries
03/28/2024
Postdoctoral Fellows are Vital Resources for Expanding Research
Running for New Neurons
03/26/2024
Research Reveals How Exercise Helps Maintain Memory
Brain Waves
03/21/2024
Harnessing Ultrasound to Treat Brain Disorders
That 'A-ha' Moment
03/19/2024
Research examines how agency — or exerting purposeful control on one’s surroundings — emerges in babies.
Community Partners
03/15/2024
Bringing a Holistic Approach to Research and Treatment for Degenerative Diseases
Stroke Treatment
03/13/2024
Patent for novel treatment for ischemic stroke.
New Fellows
03/11/2024
Budding Neuroscientists Access World-class Research Opportunities
Silencing the Stigma
03/07/2024
Art Gives a Voice to Bipolar Disorder
Growing Community Outreach
03/05/2024
Last year's celebration of neuroscience included the annual “Brainy Days” series with a kickoff debuting new insights into autism research.
The Path to Patent
03/01/2024
Protecting Ideas to Inventions
Palm Health Foundation Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellows
12/04/2023
Five FAU Ph.D. students, whose work embraces computational neuroscience, have been selected to receive the fellowships.
FAU Receives Grant from Community Foundation of Broward
11/07/2023
Grant will fund the expansion of the SNBI MobileMinds program.
Chemistry Assistant Professor’s Research Published
11/07/2023
Ilyas Yildirim, Ph.D., Charles Schmidt College of Science, co-authored a recently featured article in the prestigious Nucleic Acids Research journal.
New FAU Biotech Bridge Program
10/27/2023
Shailaja Allani, Ph.D., appointed as the director of the Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and the newly named FAU Biotech Bridge.
Purposeful Action in Human Infants
09/21/2023
Study uses “Aha!” detector to search for transitions from spontaneous to intentional behavior in infants.
Patent to Treat Addiction
09/11/2023
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., and Maureen K. Hahn, Ph.D., have received a patent for a novel method to identify therapeutic agents to treat addiction.
Brain in Flux
08/31/2023
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Sponsors International Neuroscience Meeting
Neuroscience Graduate Program
08/24/2023
The Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute developed and oversees the Neuroscience Graduate Program that unites scientists, educators and students.
MMM Foundation Adds New Board and Committee Members
06/20/2023
Mind, Music and Movement Foundation for Neurological Disorders adds new members to its board of directors, medical and research advisory committees.
College of Medicine Works to Establish Parkinson’s Cure Center
06/05/2023
The FAU Board of Trustees will continue to discuss the logistics of the Parkinson’s Center of Excellence proposed by the College of Medicine.
Running Helps With Middle Age
05/28/2023
Long-term exercise profoundly benefits the aging brain and may prevent aging-related memory function decline.
NeuroExplorers Spring 2023 Graduation
05/27/2023
Participants in FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institutes' ASCEND NeuroExplorers after-school program graduated as "Junior Neuroscientists."
Treating Neurological Disorders
05/26/2023
Collaboration will advance scientific knowledge about the use of focused ultrasound to treat brain diseases.
Finding New Treatments for Mental Illness
05/26/2023
Postdoctoral fellow Felix Mayer, Ph.D., studies compounds to treat mental illnesses.
Model Students
05/24/2023
Computational Brain Health Graduates Join New Fellowship
Treating Pain
05/22/2023
Dean Develops Tool for Pain, with a Nod from Shark Tank
On a Mission
05/18/2023
Driving Computational Brain Science and Health
Snoozing for Brain Health
05/13/2023
Postdoctoral fellow Zoe Atherton, Ph.D., studies how sleep affects memory.
What a Difference a Mutation Makes
05/11/2023
Neuroscientists Find Differences in the Brain Between Males and Females
Careers in Brain Science in the Starting Blocks
05/05/2023
The Fall 2022 Cohort of the Neuroscience Graduate Program is Off to the Races
Stressed Out
05/03/2023
Zebrafish Study Reveals Lasting Impacts of Early-life Stress
Miscommunication is Key
05/01/2023
Ethnic Biomarkers Point to Inaccurate Measurement of Cognitive Health
Computing Connections
04/29/2023
Linking the Brain and Immune System
Bridging Sleep and Memory
04/24/2023
Postdoctoral fellow Annie Souza, Ph.D., studies how sleep transforms learned experiences into long-term memory.
Pushing Progress
04/23/2023
Pilot Grants Support New Discoveries
World Leaders in Artificial Intelligence Gather at FAU
04/21/2023
Recap of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for the Future Mind’s 2023 Mindfest conference
Neuroscience Research for the Future
04/17/2023
Postdoctoral fellow David Cinalli, Ph.D. , studies how the brain forms and recalls different forms of memory.
Unfolding Huntington's Disease
04/13/2023
How Mutant Proteins Damage Nerve Cells
‘New Horizons in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias’ Awardees
03/31/2023
Recent collaboration establishes the “New Horizons in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)” Pilot Funding Program.
Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
03/30/2023
Steven Shatkhin, an undergraduate student in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, recently earned the Researcher of the Year Award.
Helping Hands
02/20/2023
FAU Researchers Earn $1.2M Grant to Help Amputees
Gleeful for Glia
02/21/2023
Studying Underdog Cells in the Nervous System
INTERPLAY BETWEEN SLEEP, PAIN AND SPINAL CORD STIMULATION
01/30/2023
Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine have unraveled the interplay between chronic pain, sleep and spinal cord stimulation, a treatment ...
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Opens in Jupiter
1/19/2023
Palm Health Foundation celebrated the grand opening of the Brain Institute’s new building on FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, signalling a new era in neuroscience research, education, and community engagement.
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Opens in Jupiter
1/23/2023
The official launch of the institute heralds a new era in neuroscience research, education and community engagement.