The BBI is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of Maryland that elevates campus neuroscience research & advances the translation of basic science.
College Park, MD
Joined July 2016
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Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
It’s been a great year for research at @UofMaryland! Take a look back at the research highlights of 2023 in this special edition of the Research Roundup: A Year in Review.🐢 go.umd.edu/47U5EdZ
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Congratulations to @ChemBiochemUMD's Peter Nemes on receiving a @cziscience grant!
Using #CuttingEdge technologies developed in the @NemesLab, Peter will lead a project aimed at understanding the role of metabolism and #GeneExpression in cell development. go.umd.edu/czi-grant
ALT Peter Nemes and Sam Choi prepare the proteome of the suprachiasmatic nucleus for mass spectrometry analysis. This custom-built tool can detect thousands of different proteins from limited tissue and cell microenvironments. Credit: Nathaniel Underland.
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Congrats to @ChemBiochemUMD's Peter Nemes, Biology's Colenso Speer and a team of #UMD students and alums for landing their interdisciplinary research on the cover of @an_chem!
The team studied an important developmental stage linked to #CircadianRhythm. go.umd.edu/circadian
ALT Cover of Analytical Chemistry
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
#UMD education and psychology researchers–led by #EdTerps Nathan Fox and Brenda Jones Harden and @bsosumd's @TracyRigginsPhd–have begun recruiting pregnant participants for the largest-ever long-term study of early brain and child development in the US. brnw.ch/21wDonL
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
As we age, hearing difficulties can disrupt daily life and isolate us from the world.
#UMD researchers find hearing loss isn’t just about hearing—and pioneer new trainings to help our brains sort through overlapping chatter and noise.
go.umd.edu/45fnmXe | #FearlesslyUMD
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Funded by a $1.9M NIH award, BBI collaborators Matt Roesch and Anna Li will establish the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in drug-seeking behavior and look into the possibility of manipulating its function through cutting-edge epigenetic tools.
🔗 today.umd.edu/how-repairing-…
Funded by a $1.9M NIH award, BBI collaborators Matt Roesch and Anna Li will establish the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in drug-seeking behavior and look into the possibility of manipulating its function through cutting-edge epigenetic tools.
🔗 today.umd.edu/how-repairing-…
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Welcome back, #ScienceTerps! We hope you’re having a fantastic first day of class, and we are so excited for another year of learning together ❤️🐢💛
ALT "Welcome back, Science Terps" with collage of campus photos
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
I loved reading this @bbiumd/@UofMaryland Today article about the important work HESP Professor Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah and @PSYCTerps Associate Professor L. Robert Slevc are doing to help people with aphasia. Consider giving it a read below. today.umd.edu/umd-researcher…
A new $3.1M NIH award will allow BBI collaborators Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah & Bob Slevc to use MEG imaging to investigate whether the timing of operations for language production is misaligned in those with agrammatic aphasia, a common post-stroke disorder.
🔗 today.umd.edu/umd-researcher…
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
With an @NIH fellowship, @umdnacs #GraduateStudent Rose Ying works to uncover the brain's biological mechanisms responsible for #PerceptualLearning.
Read how Rose went from being an @aaus research diver to researching auditory neurocircuitry w/ @CarasLab: go.umd.edu/rying
ALT Rose Ying scuba diving
ALT Rose Ying in the lab gesturing toward a computer screen
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Congratulations to @PSYCTerps Associate Professor @ajshackman, who is delving into the factors governing anxiety-fueled drinking with support from a new five-year, $3.1 million award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
VP for Research Gregory F. Ball delivered an honorary keynote address at the annual @SBNtweets meeting last week after receiving the 2023 Daniel S. Lehrman Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements as a distinguished researcher. Congratulations, Dr. Ball!
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Check out our 2023 summer #ReadingList for #ScienceTerps, with books recommended by CMNS faculty members about #MachineLearning, molecular science and more 📚 go.umd.edu/cmnsreads23
ALT Six book covers from 2023 CMNS summer reading list
Autism spectrum disorder often entails issues with attention or listening—particularly distractibility by background noise.
New research by Nikolas Francis (@sanacerebri) and Behtash Babadi examines the neural networks that may underpin these symptoms.
today.umd.edu/autism-researc…
Is it possible to gain the effects of training without years of practice?
A new $2.3M NIH award will allow Melissa Caras (@CarasLab) to examine connections between the brain’s auditory and orbitofrontal cortices to identify the neural basis of expertise.
today.umd.edu/no-pain-some-g…
Brain and Behavior Institute retweeted
Thanks to funds from #UMD’s Grand Challenges Grant Program, MILE is taking on the grand challenge of inequity in literacy so that all Maryland children can have a bright future regardless of their race, ethnicity or first language.
research.umd.edu/mile | #FearlesslyUMD
A hearty welcome to new BBI-PSYC assistant professor Dr. Evan Hart!
Very happy to announce the newest member of the @PSYCTerps family, Dr. Evan Hart. Welcome to the University of Maryland and @bsosumd. Will be great to have you as part of the @bbiumd and @umdnacs communities!
A new paper by Juan Angueyra (BBI, BIOL) demonstrates a method for isolating single cells and individually sequencing their RNA.
The result is a comprehensive readout of 150 genes that could be involved in the generation of photoreceptors.
🔗 bbi.umd.edu/news/story/isola…
