The development of these online learning modules marks the first step in a broader vision to create a comprehensive educational program focused on AI in BME.
On April 10th, 160 enthusiastic 5th- and 6th-grade students from Ypsilanti and Detroit public schools met at the Michigan League for an exciting day of hands-on neuroscience education. The event was proudly sponsored in part by MNI and organized by BrainsRule!, a K-12 outreach initiative led by dedicated Neuroscience PhD students.
In July 2025, at the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, MNI Faculty member Dr. Jill Becker will be honored with the 2025 Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award.
Four esteemed members of the Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI), including the institute’s executive director, have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2024.
Join us for the 5th Annual University of Michigan Neuroscience Conference, a prime opportunity for faculty, staff, postdocs, and students to engage in scientific presentations, poster sessions, and networking with fellow university neuroscientists.
MNI Member Dr. Anne Draelos was interviewed featured in a podcast discussing who is using A.I. and bioinformatics to reveal the hidden networks of the brain, and exploring how gaining this understanding could improve lives. The podcast also gives a shout out to scientific collaboration within the university and MNI.
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The Journal Biology of Sex Differences published an editorial co-authored by MNI faculty Dr. Jill Becker addressing the current administration's drastic federal cuts and elimination of information resources, highlighting the importance of sex differences research. It is reprinted here in its entirety.
MNI members and lab staff are encouraged to volunteer for
MNI is delighted to share that MNI Affiliate Member
On Feb. 5, 2025, MNI Affiliate Sally A. Camper, Ph.D. (Human Genetics, Internal Medicine), and Dr. Lori Pierce, M.D. (Radiation Oncology, Nursing), will be honored with the Advancing Women in Academic Medicine and Science Award at the third annual Celebration of Women in Academic Medicine and Science.
Mashour to Succeed Debra F. Weinstein, M.D. effective January 1, 2025
MNI is delighted to announce that Research Assistant Professor Dr. Joanna Spencer-Segal, has been awarded the prestigious Dirk Hellhammer Award by the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE).
MNI Affiliate member Changyang Linghu, Ph.D. , assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, was recently awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health’s esteemed High-Risk, High-Reward (HRHR) Research program.
SfN’s Neuroscience 2024 starts this weekend! On Saturday, October 5 , neuroscientists from around the globe will convene in Chicago for this annual event.
He is the Albert J. Silverman, M.D., C.M., Research Professor of Psychiatric Disorders and a professor of psychiatry in the Medical School
The Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) at the University of Michigan invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor rank, but applicants at other ranks will be considered. Applications received before October 1, 2024, will receive fullest consideration.
Congratulations to MNI Affiliate Changyang Linghu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, on this prestigious honor, focusing on young technological innovators and broadly covers all technology areas, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, climate and energy, computing, robotics, and nanomaterials
MNI Affiliate Member Dr. Natalie Tronson explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse.
MNI Affiliate Kamran Diba, Ph.D., explains how sleep—or a lack thereof—has a dramatic effect on neurons in the hippocampus.
MNI Affiliate Member Dr. Maria Castro appears on Michigan Medicine's Fundamentals Podcast to discuss how she’s persevered in the face of difficulties, both in brain cancer research and as a woman in STEM.