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PRACTICALLY ACTIVE: Forming a healthier habit is a matter of training your brain
This is an interesting article from Arkansas Online about breaking bad habits and developing healthy ones. Here.
NIH continues Brown support with $12M grant to explore the fundamentals of brain function
NIH continues Brown support with $12M grant to explore the fundamentals of brain function. The Desrochers Lab is among a group of labs to receive this funding. Please see the press release (along with images from our lab)...
Desrochers Lab at Society for Neuroscience, November 3-7, 2018
Members of the Desrochers lab will be at the annual Society for Neuoscience meeting on November 3 – 7, 2018 in San Diego, CA. Dr. Desrochers will be available for meetings at the conference. Please email her to arrange a time.
“On the Neural Frontier”
This is a great piece on Brain Science at Brown University featuring some of the Desrochers lab’s work. The article can be found here.
Gabriela Batista (2018 UTRA) Announcement
Congratulations to Gabriela Batista on a successful Summer UTRA Poster Session! Her profile, which is included on the Carney Institute for Brain Science News page, is live here.
Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience
Dr. Desrochers will be co-chairing a Cross-collaboration Breakout session at the Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, Sept. 5-8, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. The schedule can be found here.
Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Research Conference
Members of the Desrochers lab will be attending the Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Research Conference, July 22-27 in Newry, ME. Dr. Theresa McKim and Nadira Yusif Rodriguez will present both at the preceding GRS and posters at the conference. Dr. Desrochers will...
Bangalore Cognition Workshop
Dr. Desrochers will present at the 5th Bangalore Cognition Workshop held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India from June 17-28, 2018. The conference schedule can be found here.
Carney Institute for Brain Science
A $100 million gift to Brown will name Carney Institute for Brain Science to advance discoveries and cures in one of the single largest gifts to the University in its history. Brown News article here. In the opening frames of the video you can see images of data...
Lab undergraduates earn summer research award
Congratulations to Meghan Hershkowitz and Gabriela Batista who have earned a competitive undergraduate teaching and research award (UTRA) for this summer! More information on the UTRA award here.