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Backyard Brains: Controlling Cockroaches, Fruit Flys, And People
[Greg Gage] and some of the other crew at Backyard Brains have done a TED talk, had a few successful Kickstarters, and most surprisingly given that pedigree, are actually doing something interesting,...
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UC Davis Researchers Use Light to Erase Memories in Genetically Altered Mice
Much like using UV light to erase data from an EPROM, researchers from UC Davis have used light to erase specific memories in mice. [Kazumasa Tanaka, Brian Wiltgen and colleagues] used optogenetic...
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The Quest for Mice With Frickin’ Laser Beams (Pointed At Their Brains),...
The logo for the field is kind of cute though. [Scott Harden] is working on a research project involving optogenetics. From what we were able to piece together optogenetics is like this: someone...
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Optogenetics for 100 Euros
Larval zebrafish, Drosophila (fruit fly), and Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm) have become key model organisms in modern neuroscience due to their low maintenance costs and easy sharing of genetic...
View ArticleReverse-Engineering Brains, One Neuron At A Time
Most posts here are electrical or mechanical, with a few scattered hacks from other fields. Those who also keep up with advances in biomedical research may have noticed certain areas are starting to...
View ArticleShining a Light on Hearing Loss
When auditory cells are modified to receive light, do you see sound, or hear light? To some trained gerbils at University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany under the care of [Tobias Moser], the...
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