Sex hormones and stress hormones affect our brains in many ways, from altering our mood, to protecting us against aging and disease. On Wednesday, February 17, Dr. Bruce McEwen presents his neuroendocrinological research in the seminar "Sex, Stress and the Brain: From Serendipity to Clinical Relevance," at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Who: Dr. Bruce McEwen, Alfred E. Mirsky Professor, Miliken Hatch Laboratory of...
Read MoreWith five kids and top notch jobs, Doctors Maiken Nedergaard and Steve Goldman prove that its possible to have both a flourishing family and a successful career in science. He's the Director of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and she's a Director of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the same university. The couple, who both use Stereo Investigator...
Read MoreCongratulations to Dr. Isabelle Aubert of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The Toronto-based neuroscientist showed her skills on the slopes last week in Breckenridge, Colorado, where she placed first in the "Fastest Female Scientist Across All Age Categories" division of the Smitty Stevens Nastar Race. The race was part of the 43rd Winter Conference on Brain Research, where Dr. Aubert gave a well-received presentation "Non-Invasive CNS...
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It's true, gamers have bigger brains - or at least bigger striatums, the part of the brain associated with cognitive processes. A recent study published in Cerebral Cortex determined that the size of certain parts of the brain indicates how well a person will perform at complex video games. The researchers, including MBF customers Anne Graybiel and Daniel Simons, trained thirty-nine participants to play Space Fortress. Developed...
Read MoreScientists from around the world are gathering in Breckenridge, CO this week for the 43rd Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research. If you're attending, spend some time at the MBF Bioscience booth and meet President Jack Glaser and Chief Scientific Applications Officer Geoff Greene. They'll be demonstrating our latest products, including Version 9 of Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator. This year's conference runs from January 23...
Read MoreSince the release of Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator 9 in October, we have received positive feedback from our customers. We were so pleased to get this note from Dr. Gabriella Ugolini of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Gif-Sur-Yvette, France. “I am really enthusiastic about the improvements that you have made in Version 9 to Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator. Now navigating through the sections...
Read More[caption id="attachment_316" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="1st Place: Dr. Jan Michels"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_317" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="2nd Place: Dr. Chung-Ju Rachel Wang"][/caption] Extraordinary images, right there in front of us, yet imperceptible to the naked eye. Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition! See the entire gallery at olympusbioscapes.com....
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A year ago, the neuroscience community mourned the death of Henry Gustav Molaison. Now, led by Dr. Jacobo Annese, scientists at The Brain Observatory at the University of California San Diego are spending over 30 hours sectioning his brain into histological sections. More commonly known as Patient H.M., Molaison had undergone an experimental brain operation in 1953 to correct a seizure disorder. The surgery resulted in...
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We've been working with the scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for years, so we were delighted to hear that two of the research facility's neuroscientists were recently awarded a new type of grant from the National Institute of Health called the "Transformative R01" grant. Professor Partha Mitra, Ph.D., received this grant for the project "The Missing Circuit: The First Brainwide Connectivity Map for Mouse," and...
Read MoreThis year's Society for Neuroscience Meeting was another great success. We were thrilled to visit with so many of our current and prospective customers, and to demonstrate the latest features of our software. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to try out Stereo Investigator and Neurolucida 9 and AutoNeuron 4, and to those who attended our practical workshops. If you didn't have the chance...
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