MIT Picower Institute

Dedicated to understanding the mechanisms underlying learning and memory and related brain functions and disease. Profile art by @toddsiler

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. https://t.co/IR7QX8g0Q0 #neuroscience #biology

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Timely, far-reaching theta waves help organize cognition, study shows
https://t.co/GnE08TdSkU
#neuroscience

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Brain Biomarkers
Brain disorders are notoriously mysterious. To improve diagnosis and to better measure treatment efficacy, Picower Institute labs are developing objective and minimally invasive indicators of brain health.
https://t.co/eZOqtuuKhD
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[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

New paper! Theta as a master clock. It couples to relevant spiking, direct information flow and has nested cross-frequency interactions with beta and gamma oscillations.

Theta-based organization of information in the frontal cortex
https://t.co/1iUHEqkHZa
#neuroscience

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

How did Li-Huei Tsai's lab celebrate passing the 100,000 citation mark on Google Scholar this morning? A box of 100 Grand bars in the break room, of course.

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

🪱🪼🪰There's still limited time to register for our daylong symposium "Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity" Nov. 4. https://t.co/LOt0LFuGKy @MITBiology @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT @MITevents

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Hey, that's me. L-i-v-i-n
Lives in the Labs: Beyond the Bench.
Earl Miller
https://t.co/1Lt2avfyfU
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[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Mentees, colleagues, friends shared remembrances of Susumu Tonegawa at an Oct. 16 memorial service. https://t.co/fGbDqOPjGt @MITBiology @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health
https://t.co/pHDRViAKZ8
#neuroscience @MIT_Picower

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Study led by Leyla Akay in the lab of Li-Huei Tsai: https://t.co/02ZjKgV6wX

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

New in @CellStemCell: How the biggest Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts the process of insulating neurons https://t.co/ZFdA5fy4KU #neuroscience #alzheimers @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Join us Nov. 4 for "Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity," our Fall symposium! What can we learn from the differences and similarities across the diversity of nervous systems that have evolved? https://t.co/jYR0WOa6W7 @MITBiology #neuroscience

[McGovern Institute @mcgovernmit]

Can one scientific paper change your life? For @MillerLabMIT, it was Moran & Desimone's 1985 study on attention. It drew him to Desimone's lab as a postdoc, and decades later, they're colleagues at MIT. 🧠 @_TheTransmitter @MIT_Picower

https://t.co/0bUudfI9cv

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

This paper changed my life: A first glimpse into the ‘middle’ of brain processing
https://t.co/VwGDl9UegE
#neuroscience

[Adrián E. Noriega @AdrianNoriegaMD]

We will be at the Translational Longevity Summit today at 5 PM ET in Boston. Presenting together with @ArvidGollwitzer on Engineering Precision-Prevention: From Multiomics to Foundation Models and the Biology of Intervention Response, and the FINGERPRINT initiative. @biolife_boston @HealthspanAct @MIT_Picower @AgingBrainMIT

[Linlin Fan @LinlinZFan]

Congratulations, @KarlDeisseroth! Proud mentee🎉

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

In six talks at our @AgingBrainMIT symposium Sept. 25, researchers from across MIT described projects aimed at advancing the understanding of and interventions against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS https://t.co/82Eub41Oba

[MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences @mitbrainandcog]

BCS is hiring! Search now underway for tenure-track assistant professor across all areas of brain and cognitive science, potentially including computation, cognitive science, or experimental neuroscience. Deadline Dec. 1, 2026. https://t.co/0ua3JXkpIs

@mcgovernmit @MIT_Picower

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

💼We're hiring! We're looking for an Executive Director to help drive scientific strategy and research development while leading our administrative and financial teams. https://t.co/e2JpZyYTmm #neuroscience #careers #jobs

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Join us a week from today for our afternoon @AgingBrainMIT symposium: Innovation for the Aging Brain. Six great talks + Posters. Registration will close on Monday: https://t.co/Zyc3kviVp0 #neuroscience #aging

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

We’ve been so touched to hear from so many people since our founder Susumu Tonegawa died. As a tribute to his legacy, MIT has established The Susumu Tonegawa Memorial Fund. Gifts can be made via https://t.co/bMHSVr27WV or by emailing [email protected].