KIBM is excited to share a new publication funded by the Postdoctoral Scholars Program: Publication Title: A top-down slow breathing circuit that alleviates negative affect in mice See the full article by Salk News: Neuroscientists discover…
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KIBM Presents “The Generative Mind: Biological & Artificial Intelligence” Symposium
In 2024, the Kavli Institute of Brain and Mind will reach its 20th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, KIBM hosted a special symposium on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Salk Institute- The Generative Mind: Biological…
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KIBM Co-Director Yishi Jin Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
University of California San Diego Distinguished Professor and KIBM Co-Director, Yishi Jin, who investigates the biological roots of the nervous system, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Dr. Yishi Jin is…
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KIBM IRG Recipient, Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku, wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku, a neuroscientist who is an assistant professor of psychology in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences and a 2024-25 KIBM IRG recipient, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New…
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Past KIBM Co-Director, Rusty Gage, receives 2024 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize
Neuroscientist Rusty Gage, PhD, will be the recipient of the 2024 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize, awarded by Gladstone Institutes for reshaping our understanding of stem cells in the adult brain and making landmark discoveries that may contribute…
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New KIBM Funded Publication: Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish
KIBM is excited to share a new publication funded by the Postdoctoral Scholars Program: Publication Title: Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish Read the full article by UC San Diego Today: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/researchers-identify-brain-circuits-tied-to-the-behavior-of-schooling-fish…
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KIBM held its Annual Symposium on Innovative Research on June 07, 2024
KIBM hosted its Annual Symposium on Innovative Research on June 07, 2024 featuring presentations from this year’s Innovative Research Grant recipients, keynote speaker Jim Knierim from Johns Hopkins University, and the second cohort of the…
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KIBM Awards 2024-25 Innovative Research Grant Recipients
KIBM awards $400,000 to 8 teams of investigators to support interdisciplinary brain-mind research in 2024-25. Please help us in congratulating the following teams on their award selection: Vineet Augustine, UCSD Neurobiology: Reinterpreting Heart Attacks: Myocardial Infarction…
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Colors of the Brain Announces 2024-25 CoB-KIBM Summer Scholars
KIBM and Colors of the Brain (CoB) are excited to announce its six new 2024-25 CoB-KIBM Summer Scholars: Sayed Sadaat, Tristan David, Andrea Melendez, Jesiel Diaz, Nick Cabrera, and Sherlyn Sánchez CoB, in collaboration with…
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UCSD and Salk Professor, Terry Sejnowski, receives the Lundbeck Foundation’s 2024 Brain Prize
KIBM is excited to share that University of California San Diego School of Biological Sciences and Salk Institute Professor Terrence Sejnowski will receive the 2024 Brain Prize for “pioneering the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience, making…
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