ANNOUNCEMENTS

HBI Beauty of the Brain Image Contest now accepting submissions!
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 online galleries or on displays in Harvard science buildings in the future. Click here for more information and to submit your image. The submission deadline has been extended until Tuesday, November 12.

Community Stories

Sensing Vibration
How often do we sense vibration? More than you might think. New work from Josef Turecek & David Ginty reveals how mechanosensory neurons are activated during movement and exploration.
A Safer Path to Pain Relief
Clifford Woolf shares a perspectives piece about what scientists can learn from the opioid crisis as they develop new pain treatments. The piece is part of a special Nature Outlook edition on pain.
Demystifying Graduate Admissions as a Key Step in DEI Efforts
Tari Tan shares an article she has written in the Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education together with colleagues from three other institutions, providing a general overview of the neuroscience PhD admissions landscape, followed by a deeper dive into two specific examples, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Harvard and discussion of training programs that increase participation and diversity in neuroscience.

Upcoming Events

Computational Neuroscience 101
November 7, 2024
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Northwest Building, Room 243
Featuring Eleanor Batty (Harvard)
Neural Development Club
November 19, 2024
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Warren Alpert 236
Featuring talks by Sattar Khoshkhoo, MD (BWH) and Heer Joisher (Cepko lab, HMS)