Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

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Created by @columbiauniversity.bsky.social to be the world's foremost neuroscience institute, we are deciphering the brain — how it develops, works, endures and recovers.

Sarah Ruhl
Christine Denny, PhD, presenting research on the molecular mechanisms underlying memory. Credit: Eileen Barroso.
Grammy Award–winning bassist and composer, Linda May Han Oh
Hand holding a salamander, mountains in the background. Texbox reads: "Growing up in a rural commune taught me to pay attention to living things ..."
Fictional illustration of a brain-controlled hearing aid.
From left to right: Sarah Ruhl, Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence at Zuckerman Institute; Daphna Shohamy, Kavli Professor of Brain Science and director/CEO of the Zuckerman Institute; and Carol Becker, professor and dean emerita of School of the Arts at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Photo by Joel Jares.
"Memories change with time, orienting us toward the future." — Daphna Shohamy
Michael Shadlen
Featuring Wes Grueber, PhD; Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, PhD; Amanda González-Segarra, PhD.
Brain scans like these helped scientists classify how study participants made decisions. (Credit: Jonathan Nicholas / Shohamy lab/ Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute)
fMRI scans of human (left) and mouse (right) brains revealed patterns of connectivity (circles) that change with age (Credit: Ezra Winter-Nelson)
A group of children is looking at a brain-shaped cherry tree in blossom.
Saturday Science participants - photo by Sirin Samman
Saturday Science participants, photo by Sirin Samman
Close-up of a laser that can improve cryo-electron tomography images. (Credit: Fitzpatrick lab).
During a seminar on how the brain controls movement, Ramsha Farooq (left) and Sean McFadden (right) practiced a brain-machine interface activity. (Photo by Steve Myaskovsky)
Featuring Lea Duncker, PhD; Hemali Phatnani, PhD; moderated by Leslie Sibener, PhD.
Kavli graduate student Tuan Nguyen of Columbia’s Center for Theoretical Neuroscience presents new research at ZIFest (Credit: Sirin Samman)
Middle school teachers participating in the Teacher Institute Summit. Photo courtesy of TIFNAS.
Featuring Genevera Allen, PhD; Tarjinder (TJ) Singh, PhD; moderated by Jeff Johnston, PhD.
Underground mosquito over evolutionary tree
ZIFest attendees on the roof of the Greene Science Center. (Credit: Sirin Samman).
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Motor neurons (green) and muscle cells (pink).
Featuring Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD; Kevin G. Bath, PhD; moderated by Thiago Arzua, PhD.
Andrés Bendesky
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD
Picture of Diana Li, PhD accompanied by the quote: “Empowering teachers to create the opportunity for their students to explore is key.”
Fluorescent labels reveal that a higher proportion of cells from 22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients (left) are stuck in an early phase of division (green), compared to cells from healthy individuals (right).