Beauty of the Brain
Stunning research images submitted by Harvard affiliated scientists for our annual Beauty of the Brain image contest.Learn more >
How Do You Know What is Real?
Watch Aleena Garner's TedX New England talk on how do our brains distinguish between reality and what we perceive as reality.Watch here >
Humans of HBI
Interviews profiling faculty, fellows, students, and staff working in the Harvard neuroscience community.Humans of HBI
Seeding Solutions for Bipolar Disorder
The Harvard Gazette spotlights the HBI Bipolar Disorder Seed Grant Program and the projects of 2025 grantees Paola Arlotta, Nao Uchida, and Louisa Sylvia.Read more
Beauty of the Brain
Stunning research images submitted by Harvard affiliated scientists for our annual Beauty of the Brain image contest.Learn more >
How Do You Know What is Real?
Watch Aleena Garner's TedX New England talk on how do our brains distinguish between reality and what we perceive as reality.Watch here >
Humans of HBI
Interviews profiling faculty, fellows, students, and staff working in the Harvard neuroscience community.Humans of HBI
Seeding Solutions for Bipolar Disorder
The Harvard Gazette spotlights the HBI Bipolar Disorder Seed Grant Program and the projects of 2025 grantees Paola Arlotta, Nao Uchida, and Louisa Sylvia.Read more
2025 BEAUTY OF THE BRAIN IMAGE CONTEST
Has your research uncovered something breathtaking in the nervous system? An image you’d love to share with the world?
Send it to HBI! You could win a $250 cash prize and have your work displayed in our online gallery, digital display, social media, and shared with local museums. A full gallery of previous years’ submissions can be viewed here. The deadline for this year has been extended to Monday, December 1. Click here for full eligibility requirements and to submit your image.
Questions? Email us at info@brain.harvard.edu.
Community Stories
Electric Fields Forever: A Molecular Mechanism for the Conversion of Sound into Hearing
Chuck Phillips of the Corey lab shares new research on the biophysics of how we hear—providing insight on the molecular mechanisms by which the ion channel protein TMC1, found on hair cells in the inner ear, moves in response to force and works to convert the mechanical energy of sound into electrical signals that the brain can understand.
From Pills to Brain Stimulation: Public Views on Modulating Brain Function with Neurotechnologies
Rémy Furrer and Amanda Merner share the results of a survey of 1,052 U.S. adults, which found that neurotechnologies targeting motor symptoms were viewed as more acceptable and beneficial than those for mood or memory symptoms. Non-surgical options like transcranial magnetic stimulation were generally preferred over invasive ones such as deep brain stimulation.
The Brain’s Relapse Wires: A Tale of Two Pathways
The fight against addiction is a fight against memory. Junghyup (Jung) Suh shares findings that the relapse circuit in alcohol addiction consists of two separate “wires” or outputs coming out of the basolateral amygdala, a key brain region for emotional memories. One wire is responsible for forming the addiction memory, and the other for triggering alcohol-seeking behavior. This precise mapping opens the door for potentially more targeted treatment approaches to relapse in the future.
Upcoming Events
gNeuro December Meeting
December 1, 2025
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Armenise Amphitheater
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Armenise Amphitheater
Talks by Srikanta Chowdhury (Nectow lab, Columbia University) and Feng Wang (UMass Chan Medical School)
Enteric Nervous System 101
December 11, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Warren Alpert 563
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Warren Alpert 563
Featuring Meenakshi Rao (Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School)