Disease
February 19, 2020
Curious Minds: Can You Inherit Stress on Your DNA?
Do the experiences of your father leave a mark on your genes? Can trauma be passed down from generation to generation?
The Senses
February 12, 2020
Curious Minds: How Do We Taste Sour?
How do the tongue and the brain work together to tell us that certain things are sour?
The Senses
February 4, 2020
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute Announces Three Artists-in-Residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behavior.
The Senses
January 29, 2020
Sex Pheromone Named for Jane Austen Character Alters Brain in Mouse Courtship
Columbia-led study in mice maps brain circuitry that enables a single pheromone to drive both innate and learned sexual behaviors
The Senses
January 9, 2020
How Do Fruit Flies See in Color? Study Uncovers Human-like Brain Circuit at Work
Findings lay groundwork for mapping mechanisms of color vision; could inspire future technologies for those with vision impairments.
The Senses
January 6, 2020
Mathematics and Neuroscience Merge to Shed Light on Learning
A Q&A with Nathaniel Sawtell, Larry Abbott and Salomon Muller.
The Senses
January 2, 2020
Artist Sarah Sze on Working With Neuroscientists
Sarah Sze, a 2003 Macarthur Fellow and a professor in the visual arts program at the School of the Arts, spent 2019 as the Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence at the Zuckerman Institute.
Tools & Technology
December 18, 2019
Curious Minds: How Can We See Living Nerve Cells in Action?
If you could see the brain at work in a living creature, imagine what you could discover about the biology’s most fundamental processes. For postdoctoral research scientist Wenze Li, PhD, and graduate student Rebecca Vaadia, this is not a dream, but reality.
Learning & Memory
November 21, 2019
Curious Minds: How Do Birds Change Their Tune?
Postdoctoral research scientist Jordan Moore, PhD, discovered a part of the brain critical for learning songs: a step toward understanding how human beings learn language when young.
The Senses
November 18, 2019
Inside the Jazz Lab with Helen Sung, Jazz Artist-in-Residence
Award-winning pianist completes a year-long residency at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute with a debut of original compositions inspired by brain science.
