@MIT_Picower

Dedicated to understanding the mechanisms underlying learning and memory and related brain functions and disease. Profile art by @toddsiler

 Cambridge, Massachusetts
picower.mit.edu
Joined May 2010
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We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. picower.mit.edu/news/picower… #neuroscience #biology

Picower Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Tonegawa made landmark discoveries about how the immune system generates antibody diversity and how the brain forms memories.

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Earl K. Miller@MillerLabMITOct 19
Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health news.mit.edu/2026/symposium-… #neuroscience @MIT_Picower

Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health

In six talks, researchers from across MIT described Aging Brain Initiative projects aimed at advancing the understanding of and interventions against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s,...

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New in @CellStemCell: How the biggest Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts the process of insulating neurons picower.mit.edu/news/how-big… #neuroscience #alzheimers @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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Study led by Leyla Akay in the lab of Li-Huei Tsai: cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abst…

Genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals that Wnt signaling regulates lipid accumulation in APOE4 oligod...

Akay et al. use a genome-wide CRISPR screen to identify Wnt signaling as a regulator of lipid accumulation in APOE4 oligodendrocytes. Stimulating Wnt signaling by inhibiting GSK3B reduced lipid...

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Join us Nov. 4 for "Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity," our Fall symposium! What can we learn from the differences and similarities across the diversity of nervous systems that have evolved? picower.mit.edu/events/picow… @MITBiology #neuroscience
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Can one scientific paper change your life? For @MillerLabMIT, it was Moran & Desimone's 1985 study on attention. It drew him to Desimone's lab as a postdoc, and decades later, they're colleagues at MIT. 🧠 @_TheTransmitter @MIT_Picower thetransmitter.org/this-pape…

A first glimpse into the ‘middle’ of brain processing

Work by Moran and Desimone showed that monkeys could focus their attention on different stimuli in their visual field without shifting their gaze.

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Earl K. Miller@MillerLabMITOct 14
This paper changed my life: A first glimpse into the ‘middle’ of brain processing thetransmitter.org/this-pape… #neuroscience

A first glimpse into the ‘middle’ of brain processing

Work by Moran and Desimone showed that monkeys could focus their attention on different stimuli in their visual field without shifting their gaze.

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Adrián E. Noriega
@AdrianNoriegaMDOct 10
We will be at the Translational Longevity Summit today at 5 PM ET in Boston. Presenting together with @ArvidGollwitzer on Engineering Precision-Prevention: From Multiomics to Foundation Models and the Biology of Intervention Response, and the FINGERPRINT initiative. @biolife_boston @HealthspanAct @MIT_Picower @AgingBrainMIT
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Linlin Fan@LinlinZFanOct 5
Congratulations, @KarlDeisseroth! Proud mentee🎉
The Nobel Prize
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Congratulations to our first #NobelPrize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!
Karl Deisseroth on the phone looking happy

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In six talks at our @AgingBrainMIT symposium Sept. 25, researchers from across MIT described projects aimed at advancing the understanding of and interventions against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS picower.mit.edu/news/symposi…
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BCS is hiring! Search now underway for tenure-track assistant professor across all areas of brain and cognitive science, potentially including computation, cognitive science, or experimental neuroscience. Deadline Dec. 1, 2026. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… @mcgovernmit @MIT_Picower
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💼We're hiring! We're looking for an Executive Director to help drive scientific strategy and research development while leading our administrative and financial teams. picower.mit.edu/about/career… #neuroscience #careers #jobs

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Join us a week from today for our afternoon @AgingBrainMIT symposium: Innovation for the Aging Brain. Six great talks + Posters. Registration will close on Monday: picower.mit.edu/events/aging… #neuroscience #aging
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We’ve been so touched to hear from so many people since our founder Susumu Tonegawa died. As a tribute to his legacy, MIT has established The Susumu Tonegawa Memorial Fund. Gifts can be made via giving.mit.edu/susumu-tonega… or by emailing [email protected].
In a black and white picture, Susumu Tonegawa sits at a table piled with papers and writes on a pad with a pen. Behind him is a whiteboard full of math.

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New study in @iScience_CP: How the brain keeps its options straight at decision time: Ensembles of neurons encode information to maximize clarity throughout the process. picower.mit.edu/news/how-bra… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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Study led by Huidi Li in the lab @MillerLabMIT: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Aging Brain @ MIT@AgingBrainMITSep 8
Register for "Innovation for the Aging Brain", our 2026 ABI Fall Symposium at MIT. September 25th Talks: 1-5 PM, Poster Session: 5-6 PM with reception. Attendance is free and open to the public with registration. 🧠🧪 picower.mit.edu/events/aging…
Poster for the ABI Fall Symposium on September 25th 2026. Speakers are: Alan Jasanoff, Oleta Johnson, Laura Kiessling, Earl Miller, Ritu Raman, Giovanni Traverso.

ALT Poster for the ABI Fall Symposium on September 25th 2026. Speakers are: Alan Jasanoff, Oleta Johnson, Laura Kiessling, Earl Miller, Ritu Raman, Giovanni Traverso.

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A new atlas of the striatum reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction and other disorders. It could guide new drug treatments. youtu.be/eQmEKrBMvmo #neuroscience @scienceMIT @mitbrainandcog

A 'roadmap' of the striatum

Picower Institute postdoc Raleigh Linville, lead author of a new st...

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News story: picower.mit.edu/news/atlas-b… Study in @CellCellPress: doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.…

Atlas of the brain’s striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments

A new study reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction, and other disorders.

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New theory! The brain's ability to generate cognition and consciousness arises from analog computations carried out by electrical waves. Review in JNeurosci led by @MillerLabMIT: picower.mit.edu/news/cogniti… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog
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Study with co-authors Scott Brincat and Jefferson Roy: jneurosci.org/content/46/33/…

Analog Cognition and Consciousness

Cognition and consciousness may arise from bidirectional interactions between neuronal spiking and rhythmic electric field activity (brain waves). Goal-directed behavior relies on top-down control to...

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