natalie aw – Miniature Brain Machinery

December 6, 2021February 9, 2022

Meet an Alumna: Natalie Aw

As one of our initial cohort of trainees, Natalie Aw joined the program as a first-year graduate student January 1, 2018. In May 2019, she graduated with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering. She completed undergraduate degrees in …

March 12, 2019

MBM Demonstration at Beckman Open House

The MBM Program offered a demonstration booth at the Beckman Institute’s Open House March 8 and 9. Trainees Amanda Weiss and Mikhail Kandel, who are members of the MBM Student Leadership Council, led planning and preparation for this demonstration.

The …

Discoveries relevant to our brains, which influence and control such a wide range of actions, emotions, and thoughts, have relied on two complimentary approaches: cognitive and behavior studies and brain cell and tissue biology studies. Our research traineeship program utilizing miniature brain machinery, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), combines these two paradigms to train the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to advance discovery. Our students are recruited from neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, molecular and integrative physiology, chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and psychology to foster a culture of innovation and translational research, and will significantly impact efforts to understand and control brain activities ongoing at other institutions.