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In a fruit fly larva’s body wall, sensory cells detect gentle touch (green) and noxious stimuli (magenta) (credit: Samantha Galindo / Grueber lab / Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute)

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Tools & Technology December 8, 2022

Dr. Elizabeth Hillman named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Academy honors Dr. Hillman’s track record of creating and building powerful new imaging methods that open new windows on biology

Tools & Technology July 18, 2022

A Portrait of the Scientist: Elom Amematsro

Meet a sports fan from Utah using math to understand movement

Tools & Technology July 11, 2022

A Portrait of the Scientist: Albana Kodra

Meet an Italian graduate student unraveling the architecture of DNA

Tools & Technology April 11, 2022

Researchers Undertake Challenge to Image Every Cell in the Human Brain at Unprecedented Speed

Columbia-led team wins $9.1 million research grant to create fundamentally new maps that will chart cell diversity throughout the brains of humans.

Tools & Technology January 25, 2022

Columbia Research Exploring How AI Can Hear One Voice Among Many Receives Honor

Engineering society gives award to impactful, pioneering work that could help lead to brain wave-reading hearing aids.

Tools & Technology December 22, 2021

Meet Mike Haeser

How did a life at sea lead an engineer to neuroscience? Meet Mike Haeser, Director of District Energy Systems for Manhattanvile Operations, at Columbia University Facilities and Operations.

Tools & Technology November 10, 2021

Meet Abbas Rizvi

How did a space-exploring father inspire his son to investigate the brain? Meet Abbas Rizvi, PhD, associate research scientist.

Tools & Technology September 23, 2021

New Map of Mouse Spinal Cord Provides a Reference for Science and Disease

3-D atlas of the entire mouse spinal cord may help reveal how the nerve cells there work and how to repair them

News June 3, 2021

Collaboration is Essential for Answering Big Questions of the Brain, Leaders and Funders Advise

Joint symposium between Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute and Mount Sinai’s Friedman Brain Institute highlights the importance of building partnerships in neuroscience.

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