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NEW COURSE: MCB 68 [PROF. ETHAN GARNER AND PROF. JEFF LICHTMAN]

MCB 68: Cell Biology Through the Microscope MCB 68 explores three fundamental fields of eukaryotic cell biology: chromosome segregation, cell motility, and neuroscience. Each topic is approached from…

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NEW TOOLS LIGHT UP THE INTRICACIES OF THE BRAIN [LICHTMAN LAB]

Science NEWS & ANALYSIS Science 22 November 2013: 917-918 Download PDF View Jeff Lichtman's Faculty Profile

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STUDY SUGGESTS NEURAL WIRING PEAKS AT BIRTH AND THEN IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE [LICHTMAN LAB]

The goal of this study was to investigate the pattern of nerve connections between motor neurons and muscle fibers in newborn and embryonic animals. Previous work by us…

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NEW RESEARCH CENTER AIMS TO MAP BRAIN’S NERVE CIRCUITS IN SEARCH FOR CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Scientists in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Center for Brain Science (CBS) have launched a high-tech effort to map the brain’s “wiring diagram” and…

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BRAIN TEAM WINS NIH AWARD

(L-R)Jeff Lichtman, Markus Meister, and Joshua Sanes A special federal grant for bold, outside-of-the-box biomedical proposals has been awarded to an MCB team with an ambitious plan to…

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NEW YORK TIMES: “IN PURSUIT OF A MIND MAP, SLICE BY SLICE”

The work of the Lichtman Lab to map the brain's complex wiring was featured in the Science section of The New York Times on December 27, 2010. Dr.…

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