New brain aging study is out today in Nature
The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN
The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN
January 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New brain aging study is out today in Nature
The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN
The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN
Electron microscopy is @nature.com's Method of the Year! 🧠🔬🏆
@natmethods.nature.com shares why MICrONS and FlyWire are proof that #ElectronMicroscopy is helping us see the brain and its incredible complexity at a new level: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02988-6
🧠📈 #studyBRAIN
@natmethods.nature.com shares why MICrONS and FlyWire are proof that #ElectronMicroscopy is helping us see the brain and its incredible complexity at a new level: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02988-6
🧠📈 #studyBRAIN
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Electron microscopy is @nature.com's Method of the Year! 🧠🔬🏆
@natmethods.nature.com shares why MICrONS and FlyWire are proof that #ElectronMicroscopy is helping us see the brain and its incredible complexity at a new level: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02988-6
🧠📈 #studyBRAIN
@natmethods.nature.com shares why MICrONS and FlyWire are proof that #ElectronMicroscopy is helping us see the brain and its incredible complexity at a new level: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02988-6
🧠📈 #studyBRAIN
Meet MapMyCells! This tool saves neuroscientists precious time by comparing their data to massive, high-quality reference datasets, including our whole mouse brain multi-omics atlas and the Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas.
🧠📈 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
#studyBRAIN
🧠📈 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
#studyBRAIN
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Meet MapMyCells! This tool saves neuroscientists precious time by comparing their data to massive, high-quality reference datasets, including our whole mouse brain multi-omics atlas and the Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas.
🧠📈 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
#studyBRAIN
🧠📈 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
#studyBRAIN
It's finally here! Kicking off the BRAIN Initiative Conference 2026 with the Early Career Event with a panel on career pathways in neuroscience. #studyBRAIN 🧪
August 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
It's finally here! Kicking off the BRAIN Initiative Conference 2026 with the Early Career Event with a panel on career pathways in neuroscience. #studyBRAIN 🧪
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain.
Explore this free and open resource at: https://knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
Explore this free and open resource at: https://knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
March 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain.
Explore this free and open resource at: https://knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
Explore this free and open resource at: https://knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
Examine multimodal data from thousands of cells across three mammalian species with the Cell Type Knowledge Explorer, an open science resource developed with BICCN and supported by the BRAIN Initiative Alliance.
🧠📈 Explore the data: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN
🧠📈 Explore the data: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN
August 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Examine multimodal data from thousands of cells across three mammalian species with the Cell Type Knowledge Explorer, an open science resource developed with BICCN and supported by the BRAIN Initiative Alliance.
🧠📈 Explore the data: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN
🧠📈 Explore the data: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN
Love this! #studyBRAIN
THIS IS ONE NEURON! Jaw dropping.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
April 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Love this! #studyBRAIN
Really exciting work, supported in part by the BRAIN Initiative! #studyBRAIN
Now published - the #BANC! A full central nervous system (CNS) connectome of a limbed animal at single-synapse resolution, enabling us to follow sensory-motor arcs and understand how the CNS controls the body. rdcu.be/fncjS. #neuroscience. Video by @quorumetrix.bsky.social 1/18
June 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Really exciting work, supported in part by the BRAIN Initiative! #studyBRAIN
The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain.
🧠📈 Explore this free and open resource at: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
🧠📈 Explore this free and open resource at: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
March 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain.
🧠📈 Explore this free and open resource at: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
🧠📈 Explore this free and open resource at: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes
#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
To understand the brain, we must first understand its parts — the cells. 🧠📈
Together with our partners across the country, we're cataloging cell types in the brain with the most detailed map of the motor cortex ever.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt2...
#BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN
Together with our partners across the country, we're cataloging cell types in the brain with the most detailed map of the motor cortex ever.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt2...
#BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN
What are the cells that make up our brains?
YouTube video by Allen Institute
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To understand the brain, we must first understand its parts — the cells. 🧠📈
Together with our partners across the country, we're cataloging cell types in the brain with the most detailed map of the motor cortex ever.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt2...
#BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN
Together with our partners across the country, we're cataloging cell types in the brain with the most detailed map of the motor cortex ever.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt2...
#BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN
New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
The BRAIN Initiative has changed neuroscience, yet there is still a lot we don't know about the brain.
BRAIN Initiative Director John Ngai shares a roadmap for the next decade and what's needed to achieve the next human health breakthroughs: https://bit.ly/4nVbmVP
#studyBRAIN
BRAIN Initiative Director John Ngai shares a roadmap for the next decade and what's needed to achieve the next human health breakthroughs: https://bit.ly/4nVbmVP
#studyBRAIN
May 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The BRAIN Initiative has changed neuroscience, yet there is still a lot we don't know about the brain.
BRAIN Initiative Director John Ngai shares a roadmap for the next decade and what's needed to achieve the next human health breakthroughs: https://bit.ly/4nVbmVP
#studyBRAIN
BRAIN Initiative Director John Ngai shares a roadmap for the next decade and what's needed to achieve the next human health breakthroughs: https://bit.ly/4nVbmVP
#studyBRAIN
In case you missed it, we recently published one of the largest studies of the aging brain.
It reveals new insights into how the brain ages including possible connections between diet, inflammation, and brain health.
🧠📈 More at alleninstitute.org/news/key-pla...
#studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
It reveals new insights into how the brain ages including possible connections between diet, inflammation, and brain health.
🧠📈 More at alleninstitute.org/news/key-pla...
#studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
Key players in brain aging: New research identifies age-related damage on a cellular level
New research identifies age-related damage on a cellular level
alleninstitute.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In case you missed it, we recently published one of the largest studies of the aging brain.
It reveals new insights into how the brain ages including possible connections between diet, inflammation, and brain health.
🧠📈 More at alleninstitute.org/news/key-pla...
#studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
It reveals new insights into how the brain ages including possible connections between diet, inflammation, and brain health.
🧠📈 More at alleninstitute.org/news/key-pla...
#studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
Over 10 years after its founding, the BRAIN Initiative program has led to incredible leaps in our understanding of the brain.
Look back at its biggest accomplishments: www.braininitiative.org/achievements...
#BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN #Neuroskyence
Look back at its biggest accomplishments: www.braininitiative.org/achievements...
#BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN #Neuroskyence
A look back on the BRAIN Initiative in 2024 (and what’s coming in 2025!) - The BRAIN Initiative Alliance
In a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation, 2024 was marked by numerous partnerships, events, developments, and accomplishments for The BRAIN Initiative®. We are reflecting on 10 year...
www.braininitiative.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Over 10 years after its founding, the BRAIN Initiative program has led to incredible leaps in our understanding of the brain.
Look back at its biggest accomplishments: www.braininitiative.org/achievements...
#BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN #Neuroskyence
Look back at its biggest accomplishments: www.braininitiative.org/achievements...
#BrainAwarenessWeek #studyBRAIN #Neuroskyence
First full day of the BRAIN Conference 2026! Started strong with Scholar Spotlights, then BRAIN Director John Ngai insists on a brief story before introducing Michael Yartsev kicks off our first plenary talk! #studyBRAIN 🧪
August 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
First full day of the BRAIN Conference 2026! Started strong with Scholar Spotlights, then BRAIN Director John Ngai insists on a brief story before introducing Michael Yartsev kicks off our first plenary talk! #studyBRAIN 🧪
Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
The collaborative, global effort was made possible by support from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.
#studyBRAIN www.microns-explorer.org/funding
#studyBRAIN www.microns-explorer.org/funding
Funding — MICrONS Explorer
www.microns-explorer.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The collaborative, global effort was made possible by support from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.
#studyBRAIN www.microns-explorer.org/funding
#studyBRAIN www.microns-explorer.org/funding
#FluorescenceFriday enthusiasts should consider submitting an image or video to the BRAIN Initiative contest! #studyBRAIN
Photo & Video Contest - 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference share.google/NyALjemDIOZI...
Photo & Video Contest - 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference share.google/NyALjemDIOZI...
June 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
#FluorescenceFriday enthusiasts should consider submitting an image or video to the BRAIN Initiative contest! #studyBRAIN
Photo & Video Contest - 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference share.google/NyALjemDIOZI...
Photo & Video Contest - 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference share.google/NyALjemDIOZI...
Neurophotonics gets a cool new cover! Inside, depth-resolved fiber photometry @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social and much more!
#Neurophotonics #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainImaging #OpticalImaging #Microscopy
#studyBRAIN
#Neurophotonics #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainImaging #OpticalImaging #Microscopy
#studyBRAIN
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Neurophotonics gets a cool new cover! Inside, depth-resolved fiber photometry @ferruccio-phc.bsky.social and much more!
#Neurophotonics #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainImaging #OpticalImaging #Microscopy
#studyBRAIN
#Neurophotonics #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainImaging #OpticalImaging #Microscopy
#studyBRAIN
Join us on Sunday, Nov. 16 at the BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social: Toolmakers Showcase at #SfN25!
Explore new #OpenScience tools from the Allen Institute & #studyBRAIN collaborators and meet the product teams behind them.
🔗 https://web.cvent.com/event/4a051497-a2f2-4385-8944-f1bff79dfb9f/register
Explore new #OpenScience tools from the Allen Institute & #studyBRAIN collaborators and meet the product teams behind them.
🔗 https://web.cvent.com/event/4a051497-a2f2-4385-8944-f1bff79dfb9f/register
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Join us on Sunday, Nov. 16 at the BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social: Toolmakers Showcase at #SfN25!
Explore new #OpenScience tools from the Allen Institute & #studyBRAIN collaborators and meet the product teams behind them.
🔗 https://web.cvent.com/event/4a051497-a2f2-4385-8944-f1bff79dfb9f/register
Explore new #OpenScience tools from the Allen Institute & #studyBRAIN collaborators and meet the product teams behind them.
🔗 https://web.cvent.com/event/4a051497-a2f2-4385-8944-f1bff79dfb9f/register
Great to see Dana NextGen program director @ishandasgupta.bsky.social at the Early Career Networking Event at the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference! #BRAINInitiative #studyBRAIN #neurosociety
August 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Great to see Dana NextGen program director @ishandasgupta.bsky.social at the Early Career Networking Event at the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference! #BRAINInitiative #studyBRAIN #neurosociety
Registration is open for the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference. Join the BRAIN Initiative community August 11–13, 2026, to explore the latest advances and priorities in technology-driven neuroscience research.
➡️ www.2026brainconference.com/event/44a17f...
#neurosociety #studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
➡️ www.2026brainconference.com/event/44a17f...
#neurosociety #studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
April 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Registration is open for the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference. Join the BRAIN Initiative community August 11–13, 2026, to explore the latest advances and priorities in technology-driven neuroscience research.
➡️ www.2026brainconference.com/event/44a17f...
#neurosociety #studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
➡️ www.2026brainconference.com/event/44a17f...
#neurosociety #studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
It was a pleasure to host our last BRAIN U19 site visit. Thank you Randy Buckner @toddc.bsky.social and NIH BRAIN program for constructive criticism and encouragement!
It's a travesty that funding for large Team Science projects is going away. We are so much better together!
#studyBRAIN
It's a travesty that funding for large Team Science projects is going away. We are so much better together!
#studyBRAIN
September 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It was a pleasure to host our last BRAIN U19 site visit. Thank you Randy Buckner @toddc.bsky.social and NIH BRAIN program for constructive criticism and encouragement!
It's a travesty that funding for large Team Science projects is going away. We are so much better together!
#studyBRAIN
It's a travesty that funding for large Team Science projects is going away. We are so much better together!
#studyBRAIN
Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence