@mitbrainandcog

A leading center for neuroscience and cognitive science research and education, dedicated to understanding the brain and how it gives rise to the mind.

 Cambridge, MA
bcs.mit.edu
Joined August 2016
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Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health news.mit.edu/2026/symposium-…
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BCS STIRR Virtual Workshop: Analysis Planning | Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Julijana Gjorgjieva | Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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How artificial neural networks build their own learning machinery news.mit.edu/2026/how-artifi…
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3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia? news.mit.edu/2026/3-question…
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Applying to grad school this fall? Current BCS grad students are ready to help you through the process!
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Faculty search now open! BCS and @mcgovernmit seeking candidates at any level (pref. tenure-track assistant professor) including but not limited to cell/molecular and/or systems neuroscience, with a focus on translational neuroscience in nonhuman animals. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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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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Applying to grad schools this fall? BCS grad students are ready to help you through the application process! Scan the QR code or visit mitbcs.info/kql
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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerJul 15
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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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerMay 26
Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. picower.mit.edu/news/myriam-… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT
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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerMay 18
Congratulations to Professor Emery N. Brown, who this morning received an honorary doctorate of medical sciences @Yale in recognition of his #neuroscience, #statistics and #anesthesiology research.
Emery Brown in academic regalia stands facing the dais as his citation is read in front of a massive crowd at Yale's commencement.

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McGovern Institute
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McGovern researchers have developed a new sensor which can brighten or dim MRI signals in response to specific molecular targets -- a potential tool for brain-wide imaging, as well as imaging targets in the peripheral nervous system or other tissues. mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/14/…
Molecular structure of the newly developed MRI sensor.

ALT Molecular structure of the newly developed MRI sensor.

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McGovern Institute
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We are delighted to share that McGovern Investigators Michale Fee and Fan Wang have been elected to the @theNASciences for their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Learn more about their groundbreaking work 👇 mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/04/30/… @mitbrainandcog
Portraits of two scientists side by side. The male scientist on the left, Michale Fee, is wearing a white button down shirt and the female scientist on the right, Fan Wang, is wearing a black sweater. Both are smiling for the camera.

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McGovern Institute
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Congrats to MIT scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry for being named 2026 Searle Scholars, an award given annually to 15 exceptional early-career researchers in the fields of biomedical sciences and chemistry! mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/06/…
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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerApr 14
A new study of Rett syndrome highlights potential for personalized treatment. MIT researchers tracked how two different mutations alter neural circuit development in organoids and how each could be addressed with distinct potential therapeutics. picower.mit.edu/news/rett-sy…
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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerApr 13
A new paper in @NatRevNeurosci challenges decades of dogma about how and why the brain boils down what it sees, hears, smells, tastes and feels into categories. picower.mit.edu/news/complet… #neuroscience #cognition @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT @Northeastern
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McGovern Institute
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McGovern study finds that audiobooks help students learn new words—especially when paired with one-on-one instruction. 👇mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/03/20/…
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MIT Picower Institute@MIT_PicowerApr 10
How do nervous systems produce behaviors? A new MIT study maps exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they “follow their nose” to savor attractive odors or avoid unappealing ones. picower.mit.edu/news/navigat… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

With navigating nematodes, scientists map out how brains implement behaviors

How do nervous systems produce behaviors? A new MIT study provides a detailed mechanistic mapping of exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they “follow their nose” to savor...

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McGovern Institute
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Impairments of a brain circuit necessary for processing new information may help to explain why some people with schizophrenia lose touch with reality, according to a new McGovern study.👇 @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/03/18/…

Brain circuit needed to incorporate new information may be linked to schizophrenia - MIT McGovern...

One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to struggle with making decisions and, eventually, to lose touch with reality....

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