News Archive

Big rewards, better memory
In a new publication out in Current Biology, the Kloosterman lab describes the impact of reward size on memory formation.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion in science
Meet NERF student Damon Verbeyst and learn more about his journey in life and science

On the cover of Nature protocols
The Urban lab's publication on imaging whole-brain activity with ultrasound made the cover
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Award for Dara Niknejad!
Dara Niknejad of the Urban lab wins 'Trainee Lecture' at the 2021 meeting of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.
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Reusable 3D-printed fixtures for chronic recordings with Neuropixels
Another week, another Nature Protocols paper. The Haesler and Kloosterman labs publish how to implant Neuropixels probes for chronic recording of neuronal activity in freely behaving animals
How to perform whole-brain functional ultrasound imaging in awake mice
New Nature Protocols paper by the Urban lab details how to perform and analyze whole-brain fUSi experiments
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PhD defense Xu Han
Congrats to the latest PhD graduate from NERF: Dr. Xu Han from the Bonin lab!
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FWO fellowships for NERF postdocs
Two members of the Haesler lab obtained a postdoctoral fellowship from FWO, the Flemish Research Foundation.
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The Takeoka lab participated at a global sporting event raising awareness for spinal cord injury.
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opto-fUSI: Embracing the complexity of the brain
New neuron paper on collaborative work from the Farrow and Urban labs
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Neuropixels 2.0 can track neurons over weeks
The results of a large international collaborative effort are published in Science
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Interns working externally
One year into the pandemic, we talk to two interns about their experience at NERF under the current circumstances
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