Tools & Technology
July 21, 2020
Lab in the Time of Coronavirus Podcast: "Digital Defense"
PhD students share stories about defending their theses during the pandemic.
Tools & Technology
July 2, 2020
Lab in the Time of Coronavirus Podcast: "Masks Come Clean"
Researchers put to the test procedures for cleaning N95 face masks at home, using common appliances that generate heat.
Computation
June 9, 2020
Revealing the Key to the Brain’s Unrivaled Computing Power
A Q&A with Stefano Fusi, René Hen, Mazen Kheirbek and Fabio Stefanini.
Tools & Technology
April 21, 2020
Lab in the Time of Coronavirus Podcast: "Virus Blocker"
Follow a team developing a COVID-proof shield: a device that could cleanse infected air and protect doctors from infections even after the pandemic ends.
Evolution
April 16, 2020
Finding the Brainy Genes That Make Us Human
A Q&A with Franck Polleux, PhD, and James Noonan, PhD.
Disease
April 14, 2020
How Advancing Glioma Cells Scramble Brain Function, Blood Flow
Findings in mice provide new insight into the link between seizures and tumor progression; can help develop improved diagnostics and treatments for deadly form of brain cancer.
The Senses
April 9, 2020
3D Videos Reveal How the Nose Detects Odor Combinations
Columbia study in mice shows how special cells in nose help the brain to distinguish between world’s near-infinite combinations of scents.
March 3, 2020
International Women's Day: Elizabeth Hillman's Magic Microscopes
This International Women's Day, meet Biomedical Engineer Elizabeth Hillman. She is inventing new kinds of microscopes that create 3D movies of life in action.
Disease
February 6, 2020
Toxic Protein, Linked to Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases, Exposed in New Detail
Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseases.
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.
