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The Picower Institute congratulates Mark Bear, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and other awardees selected to receive one of 10 Deciphering Circuit Basis of Disease (DECODE) two-year grants. Given to what National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Thomas Insel called the “best and brightest scientists,” the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Inscopix, Inc. (“Inscopix”) announced the first DECODE awardees at a special event held in Washington D.C., on the sidelines of the Society for Neuroscience 44th Annual Meeting. The $2 Million DECODE (Deciphering Circuit Basis of Disease) Grant Program was launched this past summer to support the Presidential BRAIN Initiative.
Inscopix was recently invited by the White House for a conference to highlight the progress made by the government, academia, industry, and philanthropic foundations to advance the goals of the Presidential BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative. President Obama launched the BRAIN Initiative on April 2nd, 2013 to revolutionize our understanding of the
Inscopix will be at Neuroscience 2014 in Washington DC! There will be several opportunities to learn about Inscopix and the new paradigm in neuroscience that Inscopix is establishing. Here is how you can engage with us and hear about the most recent neurotechnology innovations that are poised to enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the
WASHINGTON, Sept 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Inscopix, Inc. (“Inscopix”) today announced the doubling of its DECODE (Deciphering Circuit Basis of Disease) Grant Program commitment to $2 Million at the White House BRAIN Initiative Conference. Inscopix launched the DECODE Grant Program in response to President Obama’s “All Hands on Deck” call to action for the BRAIN
This November, the Inscopix Team was out in full force at the 44th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting held in Washington, D.C. We unveiled a jam-packed schedule of activities and events, from a scientific workshop and a brand new booth, to the DECODE Grant Program Award Ceremony and Inscopix Community Reception. We all had a