support – Miniature Brain Machinery

April 23, 2021May 5, 2021

Support and Commitment

one hand reaches out to help another.

Dear Members of the MBM Community,

America aspires to be a land of freedom, equality, and opportunity. But now there has been a crescendo of the repression and violence that led to the successful non-violent defiance of Martin Luther King, …

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.