Evolution
March 9, 2022
Mental Landscapes: Introducing the Betta Fish
Genetic origins of their splendid colors and wavy shapes revealed
Evolution
October 27, 2021
Why Are Humans so Good at Learning?
New research highlights a genetic component to our species' mental abilities.
Evolution
August 5, 2021
Flies with Four Wings? Investigating Genes that Pattern Animal Bodies
A Q&A with Richard Mann and Ryan Loker
Learning & Memory
October 6, 2020
NIH New Innovator Award Goes to Columbia Neuroscientist Studying “Genius” Birds and Memory
$2.43 million grant will fund cutting-edge technologies and research positions aimed at deciphering what a memory looks like.
Evolution
April 16, 2020
Finding the Brainy Genes That Make Us Human
A Q&A with Franck Polleux, PhD, and James Noonan, PhD.
The Senses
June 6, 2019
The Power and Peculiarities of Sensing the World
At the 2019 World Science Festival, experts discussed the role that our five senses — smell, taste, sight, hearing and touch — play in helping us to navigate our surroundings.
News
May 15, 2019
Mind Brain Behavior Symposium is a Meeting of Minds
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute hosts gathering of leading neuroscientists from across the country
Evolution
April 4, 2018
How Genes Shape Behavior
Andrés Bendesky, MD, PhD, argues that deciphering the astounding diversity of animal behaviors will help to gain insight into ourselves. In appreciation of this work, he is now being recognized as one of the most promising early-career scientists in America.
Growth & Development
February 14, 2018
Learning the Language of Love: The Brain Science of Songbirds
By examining birds' courtship rituals, and deciphering how they learn to sing to each other, Sarah Woolley, PhD, is shedding new light on how two brains can connect to become a pair.
Evolution
November 2, 2017
What the Discovery of an Elusive Protein Means for Science and Medicine
Columbia-led research solves decade-long scientific mystery; lays groundwork for entirely new investigations into cell biology and disease
