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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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PERCEIVING SMELLS WITH SPARSE CONNECTIONS

Many regions of the brain are organized in such a way that they form an ordered representation of our sensory experiences. Similar physical stimuli –nearby points of light…

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A NEURAL CODE BASED ON SPIKE TIMING IN THE RETINA

Co-authors (L to R): Tim Gollisch and Markus Meister The process of vision begins in the retina. This neuronal network at the back of the eyeball receives incident…

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WHAT’S “UP” WITH MOUSE VISION?

Co-authors (L to R) Yifeng Zhang, Markus Meister, Joshua R. Sanes, In-Jung Kim, and Masahito Yamagata, A mouse is small, close to the ground. Hawks and cats may…

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MEISTER LAB: THE EYE HAS A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN

No matter how hard we fix our gaze, our eyes are in constant motion due to involuntary head and eye movements. The resulting image motion on our retinas…

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RETINAL GANGLION CELLS RAPIDLY CHANGE POLARITY

Authors (left to right) Maria Neimark Geffen, Saskia E. J. de Vries and Markus Meister The eye communicates to the brain all the information needed for vision in…

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MEISTER SHOWS THAT THE EYES HAVE IT

Markus Meister Can the closed eyes of an unborn baby produce messages that help normal brain development in the womb? It may seem strange to think so, but…

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MARKUS MEISTER WINS 2005 GOLDEN BRAIN AWARD

Markus Meister, left, with Minerva Foundation board member Semir Zeki Markus Meister, Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been awarded the Golden Brain Award…

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