Dedicated to understanding the mechanisms underlying learning and memory and related brain functions and disease. Profile art by @toddsiler
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We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. picower.mit.edu/news/picower… #neuroscience #biology
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💼We're hiring! We're looking for an Executive Director to help drive scientific strategy and research development while leading our administrative and financial teams. picower.mit.edu/about/career… #neuroscience #careers #jobs
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Join us a week from today for our afternoon @AgingBrainMIT symposium: Innovation for the Aging Brain. Six great talks + Posters. Registration will close on Monday: picower.mit.edu/events/aging… #neuroscience #aging
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We’ve been so touched to hear from so many people since our founder Susumu Tonegawa died. As a tribute to his legacy, MIT has established The Susumu Tonegawa Memorial Fund. Gifts can be made via giving.mit.edu/susumu-tonega… or by emailing memorial-gifts-office@mit.edu.
ALT In a black and white picture, Susumu Tonegawa sits at a table piled with papers and writes on a pad with a pen. Behind him is a whiteboard full of math.
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New study in @iScience_CP: How the brain keeps its options straight at decision time: Ensembles of neurons encode information to maximize clarity throughout the process. picower.mit.edu/news/how-bra… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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Study led by Huidi Li in the lab @MillerLabMIT: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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MIT Picower Institute retweeted
Register for "Innovation for the Aging Brain", our 2026 ABI Fall Symposium at MIT. September 25th Talks: 1-5 PM, Poster Session: 5-6 PM with reception. Attendance is free and open to the public with registration. 🧠🧪
picower.mit.edu/events/aging…
ALT Poster for the ABI Fall Symposium on September 25th 2026. Speakers are: Alan Jasanoff, Oleta Johnson, Laura Kiessling, Earl Miller, Ritu Raman, Giovanni Traverso.
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A new atlas of the striatum reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction and other disorders. It could guide new drug treatments. piped.video/eQmEKrBMvmo #neuroscience @scienceMIT @mitbrainandcog
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New theory! The brain's ability to generate cognition and consciousness arises from analog computations carried out by electrical waves. Review in JNeurosci led by @MillerLabMIT: picower.mit.edu/news/cogniti… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog
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Study with co-authors Scott Brincat and Jefferson Roy: jneurosci.org/content/46/33/…
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Flexible brain circuits can switch between different tasks. Neuroscientists have discovered circuits in the prefrontal cortex that can be repurposed to store different types of information. picower.mit.edu/news/flexibl… #neuroscience
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Study led by Yuma Osako in the lab of Mriganka Sur: nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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High-speed microscopy reveals electrical activity across the brain. New technique, demonstrated in zebrafish, could help scientists learn how the entire brain works as a whole. picower.mit.edu/news/high-sp… #neuroscience
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+Study led by labs of Ed Boyden and Matt Wilson: nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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New in @ScienceMagazine: A brain circuit that keeps tabs on what just happened to aid judgement of what’s happening now picower.mit.edu/news/brain-c… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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Study led by Ning Leow in @SurLabMIT: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Every year, undergrads from across the country visit labs in @MITBiology and @mitbrainandcog labs (and more) to gain research experience. Learn more about the MSRP-Bio program through the lens of two students' experiences in the lab of @JTroyLittleton. piped.video/watch?v=tpiaFedw…
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Congratulations to Emery N. Brown on earning an honorary doctorate from @UDC_gal honoring his research on anesthesia and the brain! udc.gal/gl/novas/Marisol-Soe… #neuroscience
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With Mass. Women’s Health Award, team will study how Alzheimer’s risk varies with hormone replacement picower.mit.edu/news/mass-wo… #Alzheimers #WomensHealth @MALifeSciences @AgingBrainMIT
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MIT Picower Institute retweeted
New Results!
A biologically grounded model predicts how drug changes brain circuits and even uncover new biomarkers without being trained on data
Mechanistic simulation identifies predictive dose-dependent biomarkers of propofol anesthesia
doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.10.…
#neuroscience
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