Neuroscience
MIT to name new director of McGovern brain center
The Boston Globe
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff | September 20, 2004
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will announce today that Robert Desimone, scientific director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has been chosen as its new director, according to MIT officials.
Desimone will replace Phillip A. Sharp, the Nobel laureate biologist who has led the McGovern Institute since it was created four years ago with a $350 million gift from International Data Group founder Patrick J. McGovern and his wife, Lore Harp McGovern. It was the largest gift ever pledged to a university at the time, and the McGovern Institute is a key part of MIT's efforts to develop the best neuroscience program in the world.
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- Sage Therapeutics
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On the 20th of October, the New York Academy of Sciences is hosting the following event: Celluloid Science: Humanizing Life in the Lab From the website: "Science & the City teams with the Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF) to present a panel discussion...
- Upcoming Event: 16 October 2008, Morgantown, West Virginia
For Immediate Release Contact: Jenni Brewer August 26, 2008 ... PIONEERING NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE SETS DATE FOR DEDICATION OF NEW FACILITY AND FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MEMORY AND MEMORY DISORDERS ON OCTOBER 16 WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS WILL...
- Knockout Mice Are The Bomb!
From an NIH press release from earlier today: NIH Launches Knockout Mouse Project Genome-Wide Public Resource Will Provide New Mouse Models for Understanding Human Disease The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded a set...
- Mri As Telescope
Great descriptive article about what an MRI is & what kinds of information can be gained from using high-end MRIs (fMRIs, DTIs, etc ...) in the Dec 2005 / Jan 2006 issue of Technology Review. MRI: A Window on the Brain by Paul Raeburn, 12/14/2005. They...
Neuroscience
New Neuroscience Director at MIT
MIT to name new director of McGovern brain center
The Boston Globe
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff | September 20, 2004
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will announce today that Robert Desimone, scientific director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has been chosen as its new director, according to MIT officials.
Desimone will replace Phillip A. Sharp, the Nobel laureate biologist who has led the McGovern Institute since it was created four years ago with a $350 million gift from International Data Group founder Patrick J. McGovern and his wife, Lore Harp McGovern. It was the largest gift ever pledged to a university at the time, and the McGovern Institute is a key part of MIT's efforts to develop the best neuroscience program in the world.
[ ... Read the full article ...]
- Sage Therapeutics
A report from Fierce BioTech: Third Rock Ventures Launches SAGE Therapeutics to Address CNS Disorders with Critical Unmet Needs Posted October 18, 2011 [snippet] "Third Rock Ventures, LLC today announced the formation of SAGE Therapeutics. The company...
- Upcoming Event: "celluloid Science" (nyc, 20 Oct 2011)
On the 20th of October, the New York Academy of Sciences is hosting the following event: Celluloid Science: Humanizing Life in the Lab From the website: "Science & the City teams with the Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF) to present a panel discussion...
- Upcoming Event: 16 October 2008, Morgantown, West Virginia
For Immediate Release Contact: Jenni Brewer August 26, 2008 ... PIONEERING NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE SETS DATE FOR DEDICATION OF NEW FACILITY AND FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MEMORY AND MEMORY DISORDERS ON OCTOBER 16 WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS WILL...
- Knockout Mice Are The Bomb!
From an NIH press release from earlier today: NIH Launches Knockout Mouse Project Genome-Wide Public Resource Will Provide New Mouse Models for Understanding Human Disease The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded a set...
- Mri As Telescope
Great descriptive article about what an MRI is & what kinds of information can be gained from using high-end MRIs (fMRIs, DTIs, etc ...) in the Dec 2005 / Jan 2006 issue of Technology Review. MRI: A Window on the Brain by Paul Raeburn, 12/14/2005. They...