Harvard MCB News article on new research from the labs of Jeff Lichtman, Aravi Samuel, Mei Zhen (U Toronto) and colleagues, first author Daniel Witvliet, reconstructing the full brain of eight isogenic Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate how it changes with age.

Carlos Manlio Díaz-García and Gary Yellen share new research on how neurons cope with moment-to-moment energy demands during bouts of intense activity. Precise coordination of energy production with brain activity is crucial for healthy brain function.

Pint-Sized Science, a podcast of Science in the News, features HBI co-director Venkatesh Murthy. In an interview with graduate students Ana-Andreea Stoica (Columbia Univ) and Anastasia Repouliou (Harvard Univ), Murthy discusses our sense of smell—why it matters, how it works, and what are some of the big questions in olfaction research today.

HMS News article on new research from the labs of Wei-Chung Allen Lee and colleagues, co-first authors Jasper Phelps, David Grant Colburn Hildebrand, and Brett J. Graham, on the development of GridTape, an automated electron microscopy system enabling comprehensive, high-resolution imaging of large neural circuits.

Nature Technology Feature highlights the work of Jeff Lichtman, Aravi Samuel and other scientists across the world who are eager to apply advances in AI and microscopy to mapping the wiring diagrams of nervous systems.

A new study from Keiko Weir and colleagues in lab of Nicholas Bellono, addresses the question of how single nematocytes detect and filter diverse cues from their environment to control when (and when not) to sting.

MCB News article on new research from the lab of Jeff Lichtman, first author Josh Morgan, using serial section EM to map the hundreds of synaptic inputs and outputs of a single inhibitory interneuron in the mouse thalamus.

HMS News article on new work from the lab of Max Heiman, first authors Elizabeth Cebul and Ian McLachlan, revealing a new molecular mechanism for sensory neuron dendrite growth by retrograde extension.

The McGovern Institute announced that HBI co-director Joshua Sanes has been selected for the 2020 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience, in recognition of his pioneering research into the way synapses are built.

Michela Fagiolini (Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital) was selected for a researcher profile video, highlighting her work on Rett Syndrome and an adaptive swim program developed for girls with this condition.

This prize honors original essays written by Harvard graduate students about their research. (Click here to read the essay, “To Change the Brain”).

This award, given by the International Society of Stem Cell Research, recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator in the early part of his or her independent career in stem cell research.