November 12, 2017
Experts Call for Ethics Rules to Protect Privacy, Free Will as Brain Implants and AI Merge
In a new essay in Nature, Columbia neuroscientist Rafael Yuste joins more than two dozen researchers in calling for ethical guidelines to cover the evolving use of computer hardware and software to enhance or restore human capabilities.
November 8, 2017
For Zika Virus, Infecting Brains Isn’t A New Trick
New Zika research from Columbia University suggests that high rates of microcephaly in Brazil were not caused by new mutations in the virus, as previously believed.
November 6, 2017
‘Wunderkind’ Bianca Marlin Probes the Biology of Parenting
Bianca Jones Marlin, Ph.D., is among the first of a group of early-career North American scientists to receive a STAT Wunderkinds award, which recognizes the brightest young minds in life science.
November 2, 2017
Columbia Scientists Find Long-Elusive Protein; Discovery Will Enable New Investigations into Cell Biology and Disease
Research led by the Zuckerman's Institute's Franck Polleux stands to usher in a new era of discovery — where the smallest parts of a cell can be used to tease apart biology’s largest questions.
October 20, 2017
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute Awarded $25.1M by BRAIN Initiative to Drive Neuroscience Discovery
A team of Zuckerman Institute neuroscientists, data scientists, and engineers together received a grant to answer one of biology’s most fundamental questions: How does the brain tell the body to move?